The Tbilisi Court of Appeals has overturned a high-profile ruling that annulled election results in 30 precincts for alleged violations of voter secrecy, Anna Gvarishvili, a prominent Georgian journalist, reported in a post on social media on November 8. In a mammoth 22-hour session that saw fierce legal arguments and escalating tensions at the appeals court, judges associated with the ruling Georgian Dream known as the “Judicial clan” overturned adecision a day earlier by independent judges, hailed by the opposition, that disallowed scores of votes as illegitimate. Georgia’s controversial ele…
