Lawsuit against Georgia Election Board seeks to 'prevent chaos’ in November

In one of the latest legal fights brewing ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Democrats in Georgia have filed a lawsuit to prevent chaos and confusion in the battleground state. The petition against the State Election Board was sparked by two rules passed by the Republican-majority board regarding election certification, a process that should be straightforward but that the GOP has sought to complicate.

The petition for relief, filed Monday in Fulton County Superior Court, seeks a court declaration that the rules are invalid, laying out the issue this way:

Three months before the...