A federal appeals court on Saturday rejected a bid by a conservative lawyer to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia and left in place procedures that will make it easier for voters to cast absentee ballots in January when two Senate seats are up for grabs. US District Judge Steven Grimberg, who was nominated by Trump, rejected attorney L. Lin Wood’s arguments and found in a Nov. 20 opinion that the lawyer had no standing to sue. The US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta agreed with the lower court, saying Wood had failed “to allege a particularized injury” and the request was moot anyway since Georgia had already certified the election. “We may not entertain post-election contests about garden-variety issues of vote counting and misconduct that may properly be filed in state courts,” the appeals court said in its ruling. The ruling also means Georgia officials will be required to notify absentee voters so they can fix problems with their ballot in the upcoming US Senate election. On Jan. 5, Georgia holds a run-off election for its two US Senate seats, which will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the chamber. Wood was seeking to overturn a lower court judge who refused to block Georgia officials from certifying the state’s election for Biden.