Georgia legislators are expressing concern over the state’s new hand-counted ballot rule which many worry may at the very least delay results and at worst could cause election night chaos and lead to more post-election chaos.
On Friday, Sept. 20, with just six weeks to go before the Nov. 5 presidential vote, the pro-Trump majority on Georgia’s State Election Board voted 3-2 to require ballots to be hand-counted in the battleground state. Trump continue to claim that he won the state and the presidential election in the
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) is “very concerned” about the state’s new hand-counted ballot rule, which he sees as an “effort to turn the democracy on its head.”
“This is how voter suppression happens. Undermine votes a little bit here a little there,” Warnock said after recalling his lawsuit against Georgia state officials to allow Georgia voters to vote during the first weekend of his run-off election.
Georgia’s election board voted 3-2 to mandate hand-counting of ballots in addition to the existing machine count, a groundbreaking decision made with less than 50 days remaining before Election Day.
Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger expressed his concerns over the hand-counting of ballots.
“Attorney General Chris Carr has stated that these rules would not withstand a legal challenge, and I have worked every day to strengthen Georgia’s election law to ensure our elections remain safe, secure, and free,” Raffensperger said after the election board’s ruling.
The last day for voter registration is on Oct. 7.
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