ATLANTA — The elected leaders of Georgia's Fulton County voted Wednesday to delay a vote on whether to approve two previously rejected Republican nominees to the county election board.

The delay is the latest development in a saga that has played out since the Democratic majority on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners initially voted in May to reject the nominees. The county Republican Party sued, and a judge ordered the commissioners to vote to approve them, finding the board in contempt after they refused. A fine of $10,000 a day is on hold pending the commissioners' appeal.

The commissioners voted Wednesday to table the matter while that process plays out. Their vote split 5-2 along party lines, with the five Democratic commissioners voting to table.

The five-person county elect

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