A judge has blocked a new rule that requires Georgia Election Day ballots to be counted by hand after the close of voting.
FILE - Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney looks through paperwork, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. A judge on Friday, Sept. 8, is expected to release the full report compiled by a special grand jury that helped an investigation by the Georgia prosecutor who ultimately indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 others. ATLANTA — The ruling came a day after the same judge ruled that county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law.
Georgia law says county election superintendents — generally multimember boards — “shall” certify election results by 5 p.m. on the Monday after an election, or the Tuesday if Monday is a holiday as it is this year.on the State Election Board could be used to stop or delay certification and to undermine public confidence in the results.
During a hearing earlier Tuesday, Robert Thomas, a lawyer for the State Election Board, argued that the process isn’t complicated and that estimates show that it would take extra minutes, not hours, to complete. He also said memory cards from the scanners, which are used to tally the votes, could be sent to the tabulation center while the hand count is happening so reporting of results wouldn’t be delayed.
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