The State Election Board of Georgia, faced with continuing legal challenges to the 2020 election results tallied on Dominion machines, rules that ballots also be hand-counted in each precinct.
The 3-2 decision by the Republican majority board drew protests from politicians who benefited from the Dominion-only tallying. Critics allege that the decision “could cause delays, introduce errors and lay the groundwork for spurious challenges in the battleground state.”
Georgia is a swing state which President Joseph Biden won by a narrow 12,000 votes. Donald Trump is presently polling in Georgia ahead of rival Kamala Harris, but within the margin of error, with other polls showing a dead heat.
The state attorney general’s office says that the board overreached its authority, and that no state statute requires precinct-level ballot counting by hand, according to AP.
Georgia state approves rule requiring hand count of ballots
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