(Reuters) -A Georgia choose on Tuesday quickly halted a rule requiring clerks handy rely the overall variety of ballots within the 2024 election, in accordance with three Democratic Occasion officers.
“From the beginning, this rule was an effort to delay election results to sow doubt in the outcome, and our democracy is stronger thanks to this decision to block it,” in accordance with the assertion from Quentin Fulks, a spokesperson for the marketing campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Democratic Nationwide Committee co-executive director Monica Guardiola and congresswoman Nikema Williams.
The Georgia Election Board in August empowered county election board members to research discrepancies between the variety of ballots solid and voters in every precinct, and study a trove of election-related paperwork earlier than certifying their outcomes.
The board’s 3-2 vote was powered by three allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who misplaced to Democrat Joe Biden in Georgia within the 2020 election and made false claims of widespread voting fraud.
A New York Instances reporter posted a screenshot of the ruling, which got here on the primary day of early voting in Georgia, a battleground state within the U.S. presidential election.
