Georgia’s new election rules that require poll workers to count paper ballots by hand could lead to a “nightmare scenario” in the battleground state in November, according to an analyst.
Earlier this week, Georgia’s State Election Board approved a new rule that requires ballots to be counted by hand three times before a result is declared. The three Republicans on the board also used their newly secured majority on the five-member panel in August to advance other contentious rules ahead of the election, including expanding county election boards’ powers to investigate vote tallies before certifying them.
Concerns have been raised that the new rules could delay the reporting of election night results and be used by former President Donald Trump , the Republican nominee, and his supporters undermine the credibility of the results and public confidence in them if he loses to Vice President Kamala Harris in November…