One measure, to be voted on Friday, would require hand counting of ballots. Critics say that it would create widespread confusion in a state pivotal to the presidential race.
By Amy Gardner, The Washington PostVoters visit a polling location to cast their ballot for the primary election on March 12 in Atlanta.
State and local election officials warn the rules would upend the presidential contest in Georgia - an electoral battleground that Biden won by fewer than 12,000 votes four years ago out of some 5 million cast. Most jurisdictions in the United States already audit election results by hand-counting a sample of ballots and comparing the results to machine tallies. They do so after unofficial results have been reported, encouraging confidence in the result without gumming up counting on election night.
King was the featured guest at the luncheon. She declined to discuss the rules that will come up on Friday “because I am still evaluating them.” King plans to appear at a news conference ahead of the board meeting with the other pro-Trump members. “Requiring poll workers to hand count ballots after the close of polls will do nothing more than provide exhausted patriots with an opportunity to undermine public confidence through an honest mistake,” said Joseph Kirk, elections chief in Bartow County, northwest of Atlanta.
The new majority’s clear partisan tilt has unsettled democracy advocates, county election administrators and the office of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger , which sent a blistering letter to the panel this week denouncing the rules to be considered Friday, including one that would require changes to absentee and provisional ballots.
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