Georgia's secretary of state spoke against election rule changes pending before the State Election Board, rejecting a proposal to hand count ballots.

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/3474840

From WABE Politics News:

Georgia’s secretary of state on Thursday came out against election rule changes pending before the State Election Board, specifically rejecting a proposal to count ballots by hand at polling places […]

  • grue@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    36·
    3 months ago

    Sharlene Alexander, a member of the Fayette County Board of Elections and Voter Registration, submitted the proposal to have three poll workers hand count ballots, sorting them into stacks of 50 ballots until all have been counted and the three workers have arrived at the same total. If that number doesn’t match those recorded on the voter check-in system, the electronic voting machines and the scanner recap forms, the poll manager is to determine the reason for the inconsistency and, if possible, correct it.

    We’re starting to see the tactics the MAGA fascists will be using to try to delay the reporting of results and/or manufacture disputes, in order to punt the assignment of GA’s electoral votes to the corrupt SCOTUS and thwart the will of the voters. With this rule change, it would only take a few MAGA poll workers in a few key precincts to keep “accidentally” miscounting and make that happen.

    • just_another_person@lemmy.world
      9·
      3 months ago

      Then looks like we’ll have to win in more states then. I don’t like polls except for sentiment, but it’s all building up in Harris’ favor right now.

      • grue@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        1. As a Georgian, I’d like to not be disenfranchised, thank you very much!

        2. They’re going to be pulling this shit, or similar, in all the other states too.

          • grue@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            This has nothing to do with kicking people off voter rolls and everything to do with preventing valid votes from being counted after they’re cast.

            Everyone should indeed be double-checking their registration, but that’s a different issue and won’t help counter this.