2024-09-20 17:24:31
The US state of Georgia has ordered a hand count for the presidential election in November. The Republican-controlled election authority approved the controversial requirement Friday by a three-to-two vote. According to experts, Georgia is the only one of the 50 states that has such a regulation now. Critics have previously expressed concern that it could lead to significant delays and errors in the count.
The electoral authority has made some controversial regulations in recent months. Democrats in Georgia have filed a lawsuit against him. In the United States, because of the strong direct democracy at the local and state level, ballot papers can contain several closely printed pages on which many decisions have to be made. Since, depending on the state, the people appoint many offices such as public prosecutors directly, the counting is much more complicated than in Austria, for example, so it is often done by machine.
Georgia is one of the US states that could be decisive in the duel between the Republican Donald Trump and the Democrat Kamala Harris for the presidency. A close result is expected in the November 5 vote.
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