The Georgia State Election Board passed a rule on Friday requiring precincts to hand-count ballots for the November election and ensure the tallies match the machine count before election certification.
The board voted 3-2 to pass the rule, The Guardian reported. The hand count only applies to election night, not early voting. The board voted 4-1 to table a proposal on hand-counting during early voting after a board member was concerned about information leaking regarding election tallies before all results are counted.
The Georgia Association of Voter Registration and Election Officials, a group of more than 500 Georgia officials and staff, sent a letter to the board on Tuesday, advising against the adoption of the hand-count rule.
The group warned of “the rule’s potential to delay results; set fatigued employees up for failure; and undermine the very confidence the rule’s author claims to seek,” according to the letter. […]
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