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The new rule, which was passed Sept. 20, would require three separate individuals in each precinct to count the number of ballots by hand and confirm each of their counts matches those of the others.
The hand-count rule was passed on Sept. 20 by a pro-Trump conservative majority of Georgia's election board, who said they were attempting to make the Nov. 5 election more secure and transparent.
[7] [8] In one instance, the Trump campaign and other groups seeking his reelection collectively lost multiple cases in six states on a single day. [9] Only one ruling was initially in Trump's favor: the timing within which first-time Pennsylvania voters must provide proper identification if they wanted to "cure" their ballots.
The suit was dismissed [65] by Superior Court Judge Emily K. Richardson, who said that the plaintiff lacked standing, failed to state a claim, and that the suit was not filed in a timely manner or against the correct parties. [64] [66] Boland appealed to the Supreme Court of Georgia, which rejected the requests in his petition. [66] [67]
The rule change, approved on a 3-2 vote by allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, requires poll workers to hand count ballots to ensure they match the totals counted by machines.
The Trump campaign filed suit in Michigan State Court on November 4 against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, [42] claiming its election observers were not allowed to view the ballot count, as required by Michigan law, and asking the court to stop the counting of votes. [3] [5]
A 3-2 Republican majority on Georgia’s State Election Board voted Friday to require local election offices to hand count the state’s millions of ballots, inviting chaos as experts warned the ...
Republican bills to restrict voting access include one introduced by Republican state senator Janice Bowling, which would abolish early voting, end the use of voting machines, and require watermarked paper ballots hand-marked by voters (it was later withdrawn); [287] [288] one that would require voters to provide a fingerprint to vote; [289 ...