Raffensperger slams Georgia election board proposal to hand-count ballots as ‘misguided’

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger criticized a rule being considered by the State Election Board that would require poll workers to count ballots by hand on Election Day.

The rule, proposed by Sharlene Alexander, a member of the Fayette County Board of Elections and Voter Registration, would require three poll workers to hand-count all ballots and sort them into stacks of 50 until they have arrived at the same total. If that total does not match the one recorded on the voting machines, the poll manager must either determine a reason for the inconsistency or correct it.