Georgia's secretary of state spoke against election rule changes pending before the State Election Board, rejecting a proposal to hand count ballots.

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/3474840

From WABE Politics News:

Georgia’s secretary of state on Thursday came out against election rule changes pending before the State Election Board, specifically rejecting a proposal to count ballots by hand at polling places […]

  • grue@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    1. As a Georgian, I’d like to not be disenfranchised, thank you very much!

    2. They’re going to be pulling this shit, or similar, in all the other states too.

      • grue@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        This has nothing to do with kicking people off voter rolls and everything to do with preventing valid votes from being counted after they’re cast.

        Everyone should indeed be double-checking their registration, but that’s a different issue and won’t help counter this.