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”