Georgia’s election board passed a rule that could delay the results of the presidential race

The State Election Board’s Republican majority voted on Friday to require a hand count of all ballots after polls close on election night, a new requirement that could delay results of the presidential race. County election directors universally opposed the eleventh-hour counting mandate, saying it would undermine voter confidence in the election results. They said results will come in more slowly, ballot box seals would be broken and manual counts could be inaccurate. But supporters of the rule said it will reduce the possibility of miscounts and ensure all ballots are tracked. Hand-counts of ballots has become an initiative of supporters of former President Donald Trump who mistrust Georgia’s electronic voting system. The board approved the hand-counting rule 3-2 with the backing of three board members Trump commended as “pit bulls” during an Atlanta rally last month. Mark Niesse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

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