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Georgia’s State Election Board has taken decisive action to bolster the transparency and reliability of its election process, voting on Monday to implement new election rules that mandate a hand count verification of vote totals at the end of each voting day. The decision comes amid a nationwide push to ensure that election outcomes are both accurate and trusted by the public.
The board’s virtual meeting was held at 9 a.m. on Monday in Georgia. The meeting’s agenda centered on a rule initially endorsed by the board in July, following a 3-1 vote to advance the proposal made by Sharlene Alexander, a member of Fayette County’s election board. The rule amends Section 183-1-12-.12(a)(5), detailing the process whereby a poll manager and two poll officers will conduct the ballot counts at the conclusion of voting days.
The rule change comes at a critical time for Georgia, a state that has found itself at the heart of election integrity debates, especially following the highly contentious 2020 elections. The new procedure requires counties to reconcile the count of paper ballot receipts with the tabulations from voting machines, a practice that Kandiss Taylor, a figure in Georgia politics, suggested should have been standard.
🚨BREAKING 🚨
GA State Election Board just voted 3-2 to force counties to reconcile the paper ballot receipt count with the tabulators.Should have been happening!!!
Thank you to our 3 true Georgians on the SEB!
— Kandiss Taylor (@KandissTaylor) August 19, 2024
The decision is particularly significant as Georgia braces for another potentially turbulent election cycle. With polls indicating a close race ahead and a well-organized group of Trump-aligned election activists, the state is poised to be a battleground for electoral disputes…
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