A judge in Georgia has denied a Republican attempt to question the vote counting in the state

A judge in Georgia has denied a Republican attempt to question the vote counting in the state, in the first ruling from a flurry of lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign. The case was filed on Wednesday in Chatham County, after a Republican witness said, without providing evidence, that he did not know whether a pile of 53 ballots were received on time. On Thursday morning Judge James Bass dismissed the case in a one-sentence ruling, without giving his reasoning. "After listening to the evidence, I'm denying the request, dismissing the petition, thank you gentlemen," he concluded at the end of the hour-long hearing in Savannah.