Print this article A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a motion that would halt the implementation of some aspects of Georgia's new voting reform law. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee ruled that the timing of the request was improper due to the close proximity of the state's local runoff elections, set for Tuesday, and he determined that a change in Georgia's voting measures would hamper ballot casting already underway. "We are at the juncture where all of the challenged provisions are already the law. Therefore, an injunction would not merely preserve the status quo; rather, it would change the law in the ninth inning," the judge wrote, according to CNN.