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Fulton County Judge Halts New Ga. Hand-Count Rule

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(The Guardian) Judge halts new hand-count rule in Georgia
A Georgia judge has temporarily halted a new rule requiring poll workers to hand count ballots in the 5 November election, in a defeat for Donald Trump, whose Republican allies pushed for the change after he lost the battleground state in 2020, Reuters reports.

The hand-count rule was passed last month 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.

Democrats had said the change would sow chaos and delay results.

Georgia, where early voting began in record numbers yesterday, is one of seven states likely to determine the presidential contest next month. In 2020, Trump made false claims of widespread voting fraud in the state.

Judge Robert McBurney said in his decision that it was appropriate to pause the vote counting rule because it introduced fresh uncertainty into the process just weeks before election day.

“Anything that adds uncertainty and disorder to the electoral process disserves the public,” according to a copy of the decision posted by Democracy Docket, a website founded by Democratic lawyer Marc Elias that tracks election cases.
 
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