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From Fox News: Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is celebrating after a Georgia judge temporarily blocked a rule that would have forced election officials to hand count ballots after they have been machine-tabulated.
“From the beginning, this rule was an effort to delay election results to sow doubt in the outcome, and our democracy is stronger thanks to this decision to block it,” a joint statement to several media outlets read.
“We will continue fighting to ensure that voters can cast their ballot knowing it will count.”
The brief comments were released by Georgia Democratic Party Chair Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Ga., DNC acting Co-Executive Director Monica Guardiola, and Harris-Walz Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks.
The rule, which was scheduled to go into effect Oct. 22, would have required three county elections officials at each polling place to manually count the ballots cast – not tally the votes themselves – after ballots were tabulated by a machine, the report explains.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that the new requirement was too close to Election Day, and noted that election workers had not yet been trained on the counting procedures. He said it would cause “administrative chaos.”
Harris campaign celebrates Georgia judge blocking hand-count ballot rule https://t.co/UUYOCKV927
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 16, 2024
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