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    Trump-aligned Georgia election board votes 3-2 to require hand-count on election day

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    Republican majority approves requirement for poll managers to hand-count ballots before tabulating votesForty-six days before the election, Georgia’s state election board has approved a new rule requiring a hand-count of paper ballots cast on election day before tabulating votes.The three Trump-aligned members that make up the majority on the board approved the rule that would require three people in every precinct to check machine-vote tallies by hand-counting the election results, despite a warning from the state attorney general that this rule and others in consideration “very likely exceed the board’s statutory authority”. Continue reading…

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    Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/20/georgia-state-election-board-meeting

    Author : Sam Levine and George Chidi in Atlanta

    Publish date : 2024-09-20 22:36:31

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