A Fulton County, Georgia, judge ruled that the state must allow poll watchers to observe the Secretary of State’s office’s final verification of Georgia’s primary election results, deciding so just hours before the state’s polls close.Three Peach State Republican candidates sued Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger over transparency in the 2026 election vote-counting process, requesting poll watchers as Georgians just hit the polls for the general primary. County Judge Ural Glanville made the ruling on the emergency motion on Tuesday.“Public confidence in the integrity of Georgia’s elections — particularly when the chief election official is a candidate in the very election being administered — depends on robust, independent observation of tabulation and aggregation processes,” Glanville wrote.
Georgia voters are headed to the ballot boxes on Tuesday, voicing their opinions in the state’s hotly watched primary elections, including the gubernatorial race to replace term-limited Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA), the Senate race for Sen. Jon Ossoff‘s (D-GA) seat, and several other races.
State Sen. Greg Dolezal, who is running for lieutenant governor; Christopher Mora, who is running for Congress; and Keli Gambrill, who is running for Cobb County commissioner, all jointly filed the emergency motion for an injunction on Monday evening. Dolezal celebrated the ruling on Tuesday afternoon.
