Georgia counties urge state elections board to stop changing rules ahead of November

John Fervier, chairman of the State Election Board, takes questions from the press during a brief recess during a meeting at the Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

County election officials in Georgia are asking the State Election Board to stop changing the rules ahead of the November election, citing concerns about creating unnecessary confusion for poll workers and voters.

The state board has been considering a slew of rule proposals in recent months and has adopted several of them. At a meeting Monday, state board members adopted a new rule having to do with certification of election results and indicated they planned to consider more rules at a meeting on Sept. 20.

Any rules adopted at the September meeting would take effect 20 days later, after overseas and military ballots have started to go out and just as in-person early voting is about to begin.