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RandySF

(71,101 posts) Mon Sep 23, 2024, 11:31 PM Sep 23

State Election Board advances plan to quickly make pictures of Georgia ballots public

Pictures of ballots would be made public within three days of Election Day in Georgia, allowing candidates and voters to check the count, according to the latest rule proposal advanced Monday by the State Election Board.

The board voted 5-0 to move forward with the proposal. If it is finalized as soon as next month, it will provide a way to more quickly identify discrepancies in vote totals after November’s election.

The proposal, submitted by a Republican Party official, is the latest effort to revise election procedures three weeks before early voting begins and 43 days ahead of Election Day.

The State Election Board, with a three-member Republican majority praised by Donald Trump at a rally last month, has attracted controversy for altering election policies during the heat of the presidential race.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/state-election-board-advances-plan-to-quickly-make-pictures-of-georgia-ballots-public/C7O6SEASBRFXZJKKZRTUIC7YZU/

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State Election Board advances plan to quickly make pictures of Georgia ballots public (Original Post) RandySF Sep 23 OP

Am I getting this right? duncang Sep 23 #1

No one would know which ballot belonged to who questionseverything Sep 24 #2

duncang

(3,722 posts)

1. Am I getting this right?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 11:57 PM

Sep 23

Your private vote is now going to be published. So every nut case out there will be screaming that every vote for a Democrat is fake.

I know or at least hope there’s no identifiable information.

questionseverything

(10,294 posts)

2. No one would know which ballot belonged to who

Reply to duncang (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 12:33 AM

Sep 24

Years ago humbolt county did the same thing, calling it a transparency project. Btw a discrepancy was found, the mailed in ballots weren’t included, their column mistakenly left off. It didn’t change the results but shows mistakes can happen. With democracy transparency is the best idea!

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