One of the D.N.C.’s first official moves with Ken Martin at the helm is joining a lawsuit seeking to block the hand-counting of ballots in Georgia.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed an amicus brief in an election lawsuit in Georgia over election rules. The brief, which has seen a long-fought battle in the state, urged a Georgia court to block new rules that required hand-counting of ballots and allowed local boards power to conduct “reasonable inquiry”

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is intervening in the case against Georgia’s State Election Board, in an effort to block Republican-proposed rules. “To the great annoyance of MAGA Republicans in Georgia,