{"id":190876,"date":"2024-10-16T20:02:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/?post_type=press_release&#038;p=190876"},"modified":"2024-10-16T20:02:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:02:28","slug":"court-blocks-georgias-new-hand-counting-rule-in-victory-for-voters","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/court-blocks-georgias-new-hand-counting-rule-in-victory-for-voters","title":{"rendered":"Court Blocks Georgia\u2019s New Hand Counting Rule in Victory for Voters"},"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-190876","press_release","type-press_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"subheading":"","date_and_time":"2024-10-16 20:00:00","featured_image":"","show_on_press_releases_landing_page":true,"components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"ATLANTA \u2014 A state court today permanently blocked the Georgia State Election Board\u2019s new rule requiring the hand counting of ballots in the upcoming November election.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month, a coalition of civil rights organizations<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=u001.gqh-2BaxUzlo7XKIuSly0rCzBlojFLtX-2Bc2ZQdHg-2F9FSBxe2JWBMupdLG-2BMoWKnBlCZj4M-2Blgi60sp9s2e-2B7DwG6JUqXkNg3TlhTRZPAl-2FwIJOHbbpS7T-2BIYcKLu-2FBNMNnZeqgYoYYl-2F1i8-2BRFOA-2FV4g-3D-3D9kuZ_yuK6iGgA-2BezxYke-2Bb3DMI75u986P8pVS2EpaJ-2FtVcag4y-2B5EOMHTZcUj3MHArZ9jACupednN7-2BmeLBlnQXoiFam5Wgl0UUTWpb33szHfGfkROZLksQzNserQVbA5FZ-2BBIwkgh2lkiAveJR9aZ28a41XLwaUv9Hm1jdLzrO4AgEjqgphzSOnOpfKj5xLvxD-2BzTQ7sfhIOndyu-2BGr6hOxMzybOmvrqAS9JDF-2FNslQQSi1zdo-2BCQCJAR5CHQqHf1vju6Qk7mlXo7vxkpcf2-2FQintbFqZ2VvvngORscfnwtR8B5TZii-2FOxSyN-2FolpncL-2Bfsad-2F0EO9ESxJZ87oGR6uVVcG-2BQGLHaYw4D2kKp87XMK2g-3D__;!!Phyt6w!c_47dbUXVM9zWOajhCv5FeXdKJB77x_-N6xqLuJHp8GlGYeh-jvEvacl1vZ-jpP_xp2mAJkBqKbJFkeR$\"> intervened<\/a> in a lawsuit challenging the rule. The intervenors, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and Georgia Coalition for the People\u2019s Agenda, argued that the rule would invite error and cause delays, making it much harder for the state to meet the certification deadline and jeopardizing the right to vote.\r\n\r\nThe groups are represented by the 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and law firm Morgan Lewis.\r\n\r\nThe groups were in court today making their case, in which the judge agreed and permanently blocked the rule, along with several other disruptive and unlawful changes to election rules that were recently adopted by the Georgia State Election Board.\r\n\r\nThe following is a joint comment from counsel in response to the ruling:\r\n\r\n\u201cThis is a huge victory for Georgia voters. This was an eleventh-hour, needless rule that would have undermined the will of the voters. We are grateful the court stepped in to stop the Georgia State Election Board from its unlawful attempt to inject chaos and confusion into Georgia elections. With two opinions in two days making it clear that the board\u2019s actions are wrong and dangerous, we are excited for Georgians to now turn their focus to casting a ballot in this election. These rulings support our democracy and voters.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe ruling is online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/documents\/order-georgia-hand-counting-ballots-10-16-2024\">here<\/a>."}}],"drupal_node_id":"","email":"media@aclu.org","phone":"(212) 549-2666","address":{"address_1":"125 Broad Street","address_2":"18th Floor","city":"New York","state":"NY","zip_code":10004,"country":"United States"},"pgp_public_key":"","issues":[46799],"press_releases_related_to_cases":[190247],"spokesperson":[158372],"related_affiliates":[344],"related_content_documents":"","related_content_publications":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Court Blocks Georgia\u2019s New Hand Counting Rule in Victory for Voters | 老澳门开奖结果<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/court-blocks-georgias-new-hand-counting-rule-in-victory-for-voters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Court Blocks Georgia\u2019s New Hand Counting Rule in Victory for Voters | 老澳门开奖结果\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/court-blocks-georgias-new-hand-counting-rule-in-victory-for-voters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"老澳门开奖结果\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@aclu\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/court-blocks-georgias-new-hand-counting-rule-in-victory-for-voters\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/court-blocks-georgias-new-hand-counting-rule-in-victory-for-voters\",\"name\":\"Court Blocks Georgia\u2019s New Hand Counting Rule in Victory for Voters | 老澳门开奖结果\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-17T00:02:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-17T00:02:28+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/court-blocks-georgias-new-hand-counting-rule-in-victory-for-voters\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\",\"name\":\"老澳门开奖结果\",\"description\":\"The 老澳门开奖结果 dares to create a more perfect union \u2014 beyond one person, party, or side. 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