The Georgia State Election Board continues to make significant changes to election rules as absentee ballot applications open for the November election and the body faces growing scrutiny.
The latest change could result in more local election board members refusing to certify election results. The rule, approved Monday, goes further than a similar measure that spurred blowback when it passed earlier this month.
It specifies that if local election board members identify a discrepancy between the ballot count and the total number of voters, “no votes shall be counted from that precinct,” pending an investigation. If board members identify an error that they deem cannot be corrected, the board “shall determine a method to compute the votes justly.”
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