The Georgia State Election Board voted 3-2 on Friday to require counties to hand-count all ballots, in addition to machine tallies, in the 2024 election. The decision, driven by the board’s Republican majority,
The state’s attorney general’s office opposed the rule, saying it “very likely” exceeds the board’s authority.
Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a new rule requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day.
The board, with a new right-wing majority, is set to consider new election rules just 45 days before the election.
Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a controversial new rule Friday requiring counties to hand-count the of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day,
Georgia's election board approved a rule on Friday that will require counties to hand count ballots in November's presidential election. Why it matters: The process, passed in a 3-2 vote live-streamed on YouTube, could delay the battleground state's election results or sow confusion.
Critics plan to sue, saying the new requirement would almost certainly lead to errors and could disrupt the process of certifying the vote in a crucial battleground state.
Georgia election officials are requiring poll workers to tally the number of ballots by hand. The State Election Board voted 3-2 on Friday to approve the new rule, going against the advice of the state attorney general’s office,
The move, likely to face legal challenges, comes just weeks before early voting starts in the key battleground state.
The new rule requires that the number of paper ballots — not the number of votes — be counted at each polling place by three separate poll workers until all three counts are the same.
Georgia’s State Election Board approved a controversial new rule requiring all ballots to be hand-counted at each of the state’s polling sites, just weeks before early voting is scheduled to start in the pivotal swing state.