Certifying presidential elections is a regulated process that historically played out without much drama or fanfare until the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. But fights over election certification are becoming more frequent and widespread as Republicans in battleground states that could be decided by only thousands of votes try to challenge the process.

The Georgia State Election Board and Republicans squared off against Democrats Tuesday over controversial rule changes to the November contest.

A state judge held a bench trial Tuesday over whether a flurry of recent rule changes from the Donald Trump-backed Georgia election board conflict with state law requiring local election boards to certify election results.