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Georgia approves election rule that could delay vote certification (www.theguardian.com)

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Republican-controlled board adopts new rule that gives local officials more power to investigate votes after election

The Georgia state election board approved a new rule on Monday that gives local officials more power to investigate votes after election day, increasing concerns the Republican-controlled body is steamrolling a series of consequential changes that could pave the way for chaos this fall.

The rule approved Monday authorizes any member on a county board of election “to examine all election related documentation created during the conduct of elections prior to certification of results”. Even though Georgia law still requires certification of the vote by 5pm the Monday after election day, experts are concerned that these maneuvers give election deniers significant leeway to slow down the certification process and create uncertainty.

“It provides no safeguards against requests unscrupulously designed to delay or obstruct the lawful certification process,” lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union, the watchdog groups Citizens for Responsibilities and Ethics in Washington (Crew) and the Public Rights Project wrote in a letter to the board. “It would empower individual county board members to make unreasonable and vexatious demands for any election-related documents – even ones that have no bearing on certification – without providing any basis for their requests.”

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wonder how much of all this we can blame on Ginsburg.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This isn’t going to the Supreme Court. You might be thinking of this https://www.vox.com/scotus/367701/supreme-court-arizona-rnc-republicans-mi-familia-vota

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This isn’t going to the Supreme Court.

I dont know if I agree or disagree with that, but I don't think they'd even be trying it if they didn't think the supreme court wouldn't rule in their favor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I misspoke. I meant this isn’t in front of the Supreme Court currently. It might be making its way up there though.