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This was predictable. The idea of hand counting millions of ballots throughout the state was never going to withstand a legal challenge without justifiable cause. Election conspiracy theories and paranoia are not justifiable cause.
A Georgia judge on Tuesday blocked a new rule from the state's election board that would have required counties to count ballots cast on Election Day by hand, a provision critics had said would cause delays and disruptions in reporting results in the battleground state.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his decision that the rule would be implemented too close to the election and would cause "administrative chaos" given the limited time available to train poll workers.
A Georgia judge on Tuesday blocked a new rule from the state's election board that would have required counties to count ballots cast on Election Day by hand, a provision critics had said would cause delays and disruptions in reporting results in the battleground state.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his decision that the rule would be implemented too close to the election and would cause "administrative chaos" given the limited time available to train poll workers.
Georgia judge blocks rule requiring counties to hand-count Election Day ballots
Critics warned the rule, passed by Trump allies on Georgia's election board last month, would lead to reporting delays and sow chaos in the battleground state.
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