State Election Board approves hand-counting of votes on Election Night

The Republican-controlled State Election Board Friday approved a controversial change in election rules requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day.The proposal passed 3-2 despite objections from the Georgia attorney general's office, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, local election officials, Democrats and voting-rights g...

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