In another win for election integrity efforts in Georgia, the state board of elections—in a 3-2 decision—is requiring counties to hand count all ballots in November’s election.
According to the Georgia State Election Board, ballots will still be counted electronically as well, but the hand count will be required prior to official certification of the election results.
The hand count will simply act as a transparency measure to confirm the electronic results.
Both rules ensure that the number of ballots cast is the number of ballots counted prior to certification.
Earlier this summer, the state’s election board enacted two other measures.
Critics of the decision are disingenuously claiming that requiring a handout has the potential of “upending the November election” and could “[delay] reporting of results by weeks if not months.” However, the electronic count will still occur, and voters will almost certainly know the election results reasonably quickly.
Proponents of the new rule note that significant irregularities have been uncovered in several Georgia counties.
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