Georgia Risks Election Delays With Hand Counting of Votes
People hand count 2020 Presidential election ballots during an audit at the Gwinnett County Voter Registration office in Lawrenceville, Georgia in Nov. 2020.
Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/BloombergThe Georgia 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 presidential swing state.
The Republican-controlled board, meeting in Atlanta on Friday, pushed the measure through 3-2, despite concerns over the limited amount of time left to implement new measures and the potential for it to delay results in the upcoming election.