A Fulton County Superior Court judge has blocked a new rule governing Georgia’s election requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast at polling places on Election

A Georgia judge blocked the controversial hand count rule that was passed by the state's Republican-led State Election Board from going into effect, finding that the timing of the rule being passed just six weeks before Election Day is "quite wrong.

The State Election Board last month passed the rule requiring that three poll workers each count the paper ballots — not votes — by hand after the polls close.