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Fears of chaos as Georgia election board considers last-minute voting changes (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 week ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
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Republican majority eager for hand-counts of voting tallies, which experts say are time-consuming and unreliable

The Georgia state election board is set to meet on Friday and consider another round of last-minute election changes that could cause delays and confusion after election day in a critical battleground state.

The Republican majority on the board is expected to approve a rule that would require three people in every precinct to check machine-vote tallies by hand-counting the election results. Voting experts have long warned that hand-counts are time consuming, costly, and less reliable than machines. It’s a process that nonetheless has been favored by conservative activists who doubt the results of the 2020 election.

The board will also consider proposed rules that would mandate daily hand-counts of early votes, require public reports of voters who have cast a ballot during early voting, allow for greater poll-watcher access during tabulation, distinguish emergency and mail-in ballots, and require that ballots be tracked through the mail.

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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So Georgia Republicans have clearly decided they have no chance to actually win this election. So they've decided they're gonna lie and cheat.

I know this sounds horrible, but for the Republicans to be this panicked doesn't exactly bode well for their chances, even if they cheat.

Everyone needs to turn out to vote. No excuses. No sitting this one out. If you aren't voting but have the ability to, then you need to reconsider sitting this one out.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I know this sounds horrible, but for the Republicans to be this panicked doesn't exactly bode well for their chances, even if they cheat.

I was there for the election of George W Bush. My takeaway is that you can absolutely win by cheating, if the opposition just lets you do it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 17 points 1 week ago

An eligible voter who is denied voting for any reason is every bit as bad as a fraudulent vote. CMV.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is a sad state of affairs that as an American, I have to click the article to see "Which Georgia"

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

So basically make getting election results impossible. Got it.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Meanwhile in Canada we just do it manually and have the results in the evening, just have enough stations and pay people something that makes sense and the count won't take more than an hour per station...