Democrats Sue Georgia Election Board Over New Ballot Rule

Board members narrowly passed the rule on Sept. 20.

A worker carries a bin of ballots to be scanned at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on Jan. 5, 2021. Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images

National and state Democrats are suing the Georgia Election Board to stop a new rule that requires workers to hand count ballots in the upcoming presidential election.

In a filing released on Sept. 30, the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party of Georgia said the rule is illegal because the board only has the authority to promulgate regulations that are “conducive to the fair, legal, and orderly conduct of primaries and elections” and “obtain uniformity.”