New Georgia Election Board Rule Threatens Election Certification 

Moments ago, the Georgia State Board of Elections voted 3-2 to approve a new rule that changes the decades-old process for election certification in the state by allowing county boards to reject valid election results with no clear burden of proof. 

Voting Rights Lab Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Samantha Tarazi released the following statement:

“The actions by the Georgia State Election Board today threaten Georgia’s time-tested checks and balances that we all rely on for fair, accurate, and secure election results. Georgia already has rigorous processes in place to verify, count, and review every ballot – and audit those results –  prior to certification. 

“This rule could create unknowable delays in future elections at the behest of a single individual. It flies in the face of the strong checks and balances that have been in place for Georgia’s elections for decades.”

Tarazi further detailed the various checks and balances around Georgia elections — and the extent of the threat posed by this rule — in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed. Read it here.

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