The State Board of Elections in Georgia passed a rule requiring a hand count of all ballots in the November elections. The board was split 3-2. The majority are Trump allies. They passed the rule over strong criticism.
NPR reported:
Republicans advanced the measure over the opposition of Georgia’s Republican secretary of state and attorney general and dozens of local election officials who said the last-minute change could cause delays and confusion on election night and the days that follow.
“If this board votes to implement this rule, I think that we put ourselves in legal jeopardy,” said John Fervier, the board’s nonpartisan chair, who voted against the proposal.
Under the proposed rule change, each voting district would compare the machine vote to a hand count. Local officials complained about lack of time and resources, in a process that could delay certification of the votes by weeks or even months.
Imagine waiting months to know who was elected!
Yet another Trump-inspired blow to the integrity of our electoral system.
Where Trump goes, chaos follows.
