Fulton County Superior Court Judge Bryan Amero ruled that Garland Favorito and his cohort of Donald Trump supporters lacked standing to sue the county because there was no evidence of fraud in the absentee ballots, as Favorito claimed."The court finds that the petitioners have failed to allege a particularized injury," Amero wrote Wednesday in his order granting motion to dismiss the case, obtained by Patch. "Thus, they lack standing to bring their claims."

Favorito and his party filed their lawsuit in December demanding an audit of the 147,000 sealed absentee ballots from the Nov. 3, 2020 election. His efforts purported to inspect the ballots for evidence of tampering, irregularities, mishandling or other signs of fraud that could overturn the electoral win President Joe Biden claimed in Georgia.