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From Fox News: The election board in one of the most crucial swing states in the 2024 presidential election approved a controversial new rule that will require the hand counting of ballots on election night.
The Georgia State Election Board voted 3-2 to approve a rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand after voting is completed in a decision that was opposed by the state attorney general’s office, the secretary of state’s office and an association of county election officials but supported by many conservatives.
Three board members who were praised by former President Donald Trump during a rally last month in Atlanta voted to approve the measure.
The new rule, according to the Associated Press, 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. If a scanner has more than 750 ballots inside at the end of voting, the poll manager can decide to begin the count the following day.
Those opposing the measure claim it will delay the election results or “sow confusion.”
Georgia Election Board chair John Fervier said an “overwhelming number of election officials” who reached out to him were opposed to the change, and lamented, “I do think it’s too close to the election. It’s too late to train a lot of poll workers.”
Former Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington reacted, “GREAT NEWS! GA State Election Board passes 3-2 resolution 181-1-12-.12. HAND COUNT at precinct level to ensure the totals match with the machines. This is a HUGE win and was opposed by the Fake News, the Left, and Raffensperger.”
GREAT NEWS!
GA State Election Board passes 3-2 resolution 181-1-12-.12
HAND COUNT at precinct level to ensure the totals match with the machines
This is a HUGE win and was opposed by the Fake News, the Left, and Raffensperger pic.twitter.com/12FxvV9Tf4
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) September 20, 2024
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) also cheered, “YES!!! Way to go GA State Election Board!! Thank you for taking every step to fight for election integrity!!”
YES!!!
Way to go GA State Election Board!!
Thank you for taking every step to fight for election integrity!! https://t.co/i0FydyGpXF— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) September 20, 2024
“This is an incredible victory for the integrity of our elections. Incredibly proud of my home state today,” declared CJ Pearson.
BREAKING: The Georgia State Elections Board just issued a ruling requiring the HAND COUNTING of all ballots this November before the certification of the election.
This is an incredible victory for the integrity of our elections. Incredibly proud of my home state today.
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) September 20, 2024
🚨 BREAKING
Georgia has now mandated that all paper ballots must be hand-counted to ensure accuracy.
Critics argue it will be too time-consuming and burdensome for election officials—but we know the real reason for their opposition.
Remember, discrepancies in the 2020… pic.twitter.com/vhw7iI0Fyg
— Jack (@jackunheard) September 20, 2024
🚨 JUST IN: Georgia must hand-count all paper ballots on election day to line up results with the machine counts, per new decision by the Georgia elections board
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 20, 2024
Huge
Georgia’s election board will now require a hand count of all ballots on election day to match machine counts
This is historic
We will finally learn the truth about the machines
And Trump could now win Georgia in a blowout! https://t.co/AIKFbq2cEj
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) September 20, 2024
BREAKING: Georgia’s election board orders a hand count of all ballots in November’s election, which could delay results in the battleground state. https://t.co/gYgON5xOnB
— Axios (@axios) September 20, 2024
The liberal media is already having a meltdown:
Breaking news: The Georgia State Election Board approved a rule requiring counties in the critical presidential battleground to hand-count all ballots this year, potentially upending the election by delaying reporting of results by weeks if not months. https://t.co/KjRbRCNORm
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 20, 2024
BREAKING: Georgia’s election board orders a hand count of all ballots in November’s election, which could delay results in the battleground state. https://t.co/gYgON5xOnB
— Axios (@axios) September 20, 2024
Election board in crucial swing state issues controversial ruling requiring hand counting of ballots https://t.co/9NJlrwlzeq
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 20, 2024
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