Atlanta, Ga. —With only three weeks left until election day, Republican presidential nominee President Donald Trump continues to campaign in key swing states with a rally in Atlanta, Georgia on Oct. 15.
Prior to the event, Trump spoke at a town hall in Cumming, a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County.
Trump’s return to the Peach State comes after a Georgia judge ruled county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law and can’t exclude any group of votes from certification even if they suspect error or fraud.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that “no election superintendent (or member of a board of elections and registration) may refuse to certify or abstain from certifying election results under any circumstance.”
While they have the right to inspect the conduct of an election and to review related documents, he wrote, “any delay in receiving such information is not a basis for refusing to certify the election results or abstaining from doing so.”
Georgia law states county election superintendents, which are multimember boards in most counties, “shall” certify election results by 5 p.m. on the Monday after an election — or the Tuesday if Monday is a holiday as it is this year.
The ruling comes as early voting began Tuesday in Georgia.
Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton County election board, had asked the judge to declare that her duties as an election board member were discretionary and that she’s entitled to “full access” to “election materials.”
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected back in Atlanta four days after Trump’s rally, on Saturday, according to campaign officials.
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