The Georgia State Election Board, where MAGA Republicans now have a majority, have approved a new rule requiring a hand count of ballots on Election Day before votes can be tabulated. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger,

The office of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr sent a letter to the members of Georgia’s State Election Board Friday morning telling them some of the planned rule changes to election policies ahead of the presidential race may violate state law.

This post was updated at 8:40 p.m. Sept. 20, 2024, to include additional comment. Three Donald Trump loyalist Georgia State Election Board members adopted a contentious rule Friday requiring the hand counting of ballots cast during the upcoming Nov.

Georgia election officials praised by Trump carried a vote to require poll workers to tally the number of ballots by hand.

The election board voted 3-2 to approve the rule, going against the advice of the state attorney general's office, the secretary of state's office and an association of county election officials.

Republicans advanced the ballot hand-counting measure over the opposition of Georgia’s Republican secretary of state and attorney general and dozens of local election officials.