Georgia judge blocks rule requiring hand-count of election ballots
By Jack Queen for Reuters
People sign in to cast their votes on the first day of early voting at East Point First Mallalieu United Methodist Church on October 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Photo: Getty Images / AFP / Megan Varner
A Georgia judge on Tuesday temporarily halted a new rule requiring a labour-intensive hand count of potentially millions of ballots in the US presidential election.
The hand-count rule was passed on 20 September by a pro-Trump conservative majority of Georgia's Republican-controlled election board who say they are attempting to make the 5 November election more secure and transparent.
Georgia, where early voting began on Tuesday, is one of seven states likely to determine the contest between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic o...