Georgia election board institutes controversial hand-counting requirement

Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Georgia's state election board, dominated by supporters of former President Donald Trump, on Friday approved a controversial measure requiring hand-counting of ballots that critics say could create chaos in November.

In a 3-2 party line vote, the board approved a measure requiring that in addition to existing machine counts, poll managers and two sworn poll officers in each of Georgia's precincts must now unseal ballot boxes, remove and record the ballots, and have three poll officers independently count them by hand on the night of the Nov. 5 election or the next day.

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