A Fulton County Superior Court judge ruled last week that the State Election Board did not have the authority to pass the rules. The Georgia Supreme Court agreed.

The rules included three that have gotten a lot of attention. One would require three poll workers to count ballots — not votes — by hand once polls close. The other two had to do with the process

A decision blocking Republican-backed changes to election rules in Georgia will not be reviewed by the state's high court on an expedited basis, making the new rules unlikely to go into effect for the Nov.