Georgia’s secretary of state, a local election official and a policy expert explained how the new rule could impact one of Georgia’s largest counties.

The Georgia State Election Board meeting became contentious on Monday as two members of the Republican-controlled board defended their reasons for approving a controversial new election rule requiring county election officials to hand-count the number of ballots cast on Election Day.

The Georgia State Election Board voted Monday to investigate claims that several county election boards are failing to properly investigate challenges disputing voter eligibility. Three State Election Board members loyal to former President Donald Trump agreed to request that the board’s executive director look into whether eight election boards in counties led by Democrats are

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) voiced his concerns about the Georgia State Election Board ruling on Friday that will require ballots in Georgia to be hand-counted by election workers the night of the election in addition to the normal machine tallies that take place.

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) said Sunday that Georgia’s hand-counted ballot rule is an “effort to turn the democracy on its head.” “The news that Georgia voters [ought to be] paying attention to is this,