Early voting will kick off in Georgia on Tuesday, but the two major political parties are still battling over how those ballots will be tabulated after Election Day.
Democrats are in the midst of suing Georgia’s State Election Board over a recently passed rule that would require all votes be counted by hand in each county after they are machine-tabulated to ensure the totals match.
Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Ga., chairwoman of the Georgia Democratic Party, told Fox News Digital earlier this month that the new rule’s intent was "to sow division and distrust and chaos in our election process."
Early voting will kick off in Georgia on Tuesday, but the two major political parties are still battling over how those ballots will be tabulated after Election Day.
Democrats are in the midst of suing Georgia’s State Election Board over a recently passed rule that would require all votes be counted by hand in each county after they are machine-tabulated to ensure the totals match.
Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Ga., chairwoman of the Georgia Democratic Party, told Fox News Digital earlier this month that the new rule’s intent was "to sow division and distrust and chaos in our election process."
It’s a check on the system. It's like reconciling your checkbook," Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon told Fox News Digital. "I don't want a repeat of 2020. I don't think anybody does. And so this is an important way we can restore confidence out there in the public that their elections are secure and fair."
The new rule, which passed on a 3-2 vote by the elections board, has faced some opposition from the right. The office of Georgia’s Secretary of State, led by Republican Brad Raffensperger, called the rule "misguided" in a press release in August.
Requiring the hand counting of ballots after machine tabulation, the release said, made it "likely that Georgians will not know the results on Election Night" and "introduces a new and significant risk to chain of custody procedures."
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, also a Republican, warned election board members in a memo that the rule was not grounded in any existing law and is highly vulnerable to a legal challenge, PBS reported.