Elec­tion board in cru­cial swing state issues con­tro­ver­sial rul­ing requir­ing hand count­ing of bal­lots

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 i …