Huh?
Well actually ?
The rule is that election workers check the number of hand ballot against what would be feed to a machine for tabulation…
It COULD take a LOT of time….
The board voted 3-2 to approve the measure, which would require the hand count in addition to the customary machine count in each precinct. The rule requires the hand count to take place the night of the November election or the next day. But dozens of election officials said that would be physically impossible in all but the smallest counties. Many also said in public comments Friday that it is far too late in the year to adopt new procedures for which their staffs have not been trained and for which they have no funds…..
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A handful of speakers defended the new rules, citing irregularities in the 2020 election and claiming that hand-counting would bring needed transparency at a time when trust in the system is low.
“Why aren’t public servants allowing us to see the accountability?” asked Mary Belle Hodges, a resident of Gwinnett County, in suburban Atlanta.
The person who proposed the hand count, Sharlene Alexander of Fayette County, told the board that much of the criticism is based on misinformation because the rule requires the counting of the number of ballots — to make sure the count matches the machine totals — but it does not require hand tabulation of how people voted…..
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Georgia law requires county boards to certify their results by the Monday following an election, but critics of the new rule say it could lead boards to misinterpret their power and refuse to certify, thereby slowing the process of state-level certification.
In a presidential election, the calendar for determining which presidential electors will convene and send their votes to Washington is fixed and inflexible, with disruptions having the potential to derail the process. This year, electors are due to convene in every state on Dec. 17, a precursor to the counting of electoral votes in Washington on Jan. 6, 2025.
Some critics say that because the hand-counting requirement would almost certainly inject error into the tabulation process, it could give county boards the evidence they need to investigate results and delay certification. Some questioned whether the two rules together amount to intentional sabotage of state elections….
Note….
Current polling has Georgia Harris/Trump @ Trump +1.7 where he was 4 years ago when he LOST the state….
Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over Georgia Voting Machines
A judge threw out a Republican Party lawsuit Friday that claimed Georgia’s voting system was made vulnerable by the public disclosure of security features and computer code, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.