A Georgia judge struck down seven new rules passed from the state's election board, saying it had no legal authority to create them.

A judge in Georgia has struck down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two that Democrats say would inject post-election “chaos” into the critical battleground state.

Early in-person voting kicks off in Georgia on Tuesday as uncertainty over new election rules looms large in a state that will decide this year's presidential election.

The pews were filling up inside Mount Zion Baptist Church, where former President Bill Clinton was set to launch his rural campaign swing for Vice President Kamala Harris in this Democratic stronghold bordering a sea of rural red Georgia.

A judge overturned changes to Georgia election rules made by a Republican-controlled state board in August, in a case brought by a conservative group which argued the changes would disrupt voting rights ahead of the Nov.

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A judge on Wednesday stopped a controversial election board in Georgia from rolling out new rules for how ballots should be counted and handled, the latest courtroom setback for allies of former President Donald Trump.

A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.”

Fully 33% of Georgia’s registered voters are black—more than in any other swing state. Polls put Ms Harris’s support ten points lower among black voters in Georgia than Mr. Biden’s share in 2020. Sources: Catalist; YouGov; The Economist

Carter, the 39th president, turned 100 on October 1. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, declared October 1 "Jimmy Carter Day" in the state, in recognition of the former president's humanitarian legacy.