Georgia's State Election Board on Friday voted to approve a new rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand after voting is completed.

Get the latest updates on the Georgia State Election Board's proposed rules that could change the way elections are conducted.

State board meeting considering controversial changes that could spark voting chaos. The Guardian has obtained a memo from the Georgia attorney general’s office advising the state election board that several of the rules it is voting on today are illegal.

The Georgia State Election Board is set to vote on a controversial measure Friday that would require local precincts to conduct hand counts.

Several county election officials who spoke out against the rule during a public comment period preceding the vote warned that having to count the ballots by hand at polling place

Among the new rules, election workers will hand count ballots on Election Night, potentially delaying the swing state's results.