Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a controversial new rule Friday requiring counties to hand-count the of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day,

The Georgia state election board voted 3-2 to require counties in the presidential battleground to hand-count ballots in this November's election.

Some state averages started later in 2024 because of a lack of sufficient early polling. Source: Averages by The New York Times; polls collected by FiveThirtyEight and The Times. Nate CohnChief political analyst Despite a strong debate performance,

Suspicious packages were sent this week to election offices in more than 20 states, leading to an FBI investigation, triggering evacuations and rattling staff, according to a CNN survey of state offices and Associated Press reporting.

Georgia’s State Election Board on Friday voted to approve a new rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand after

According to a Pew Research poll released on September 9, 65 percent of Jewish voters said they back Harris this election, while 34 percent support Trump. In 2020, a report from Pew found that 70 percent of Jewish Americans voted for President Joe Biden, while 27 percent voted for Trump.

Georgia's election board approved a rule on Friday that will require counties to hand count ballots in November's presidential election. Why it matters: The process, passed in a 3-2 vote live-streamed on YouTube, could delay the battleground state's election results or sow confusion.

Among the new rules, ballots will be hand counted on election night, potentially delaying reporting of the swing state's results.

"Gas prices are falling because economies around the globe are slowing," finance expert Kevin Thompson told Newsweek.

The board, with a new right-wing majority, is set to consider new election rules just 45 days before the election.