More than a dozen local board members have refused to certify Georgia’s results since 2020, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

If election board officials in Georgia are thinking about refusing to certify election results they don't like, a judge has now told them they can't.

A Georgia judge on Tuesday ruled that county election officials may not delay or decline to certify election results based on suspicions of fraud. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in an 11-page ruling that the local officials have a “mandatory fixed obligation” to certify results,

County election officials across Georgia cannot refuse to certify the results of the 2024 presidential contest, a judge ruled on Tuesday.

A judge made it harder for local officials in Georgia to block the certification of election results, ruling against a controversial administrator who claimed her role as an Atlanta election board member gave her the authority to refuse to finalize results.

Georgia Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that county election boards are required by law to certify elections, rejecting an appeal by a sitting county co-superintendent of elections to delay or refuse finalizing results based on suspicion of fraud or a discount.

A Fulton County Superior Court judge has ruled that election results must be certified in Georgia, according to an order handed down on Monday.

A Georgia court struck down a challenge to Georgia election law that critics warned could cause chaos. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that certification of election results is mandatory under Georgia law,