(AP Photo/Mike Stewart, file) “To protect the sanctity of the state’s laws and to prevent election night chaos, this Court should declare that the Hand Count Rule exceeds SEB’s statutory authority,” according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by ...

Democrats sued Georgia’s State Election Board on Monday over a new rule that requires counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day, arguing it will allow “for bad-faith actors to claim that fraud has affected election results.

Georgia's Republican-controlled state election board may vote on Friday to require a labor-intensive hand count of potentially millions of ballots in November's election, a move voting rights advocates say could cause delays,

The Democratic National Committee sued the Georgia State Election Board Monday to try to block a recent ballot hand-counting rule slated for November.

The Democratic National Committee on Monday sued to block the Georgia Election Board from mandating a hand count of ballots in the Nov. 5 election, saying the rule change could delay reporting of results and sow chaos.

The state and national Democratic Party said the rule might introduce "uncertainty" in vote tallying, and "wreak havoc on the general election."

Democrats are filing a lawsuit on Monday looking to block a controversial rule requiring ballots to be hand counted by local precincts in Georgia, arguing it violated Georgia law and called it

Harris-Walz campaign supports lawsuit after state election board approves rule only weeks before huge November election.