The 'unsettling scenario' that 'could preclude a state from having a clear' election result: Maddow
AlterNetSEP 2024
There is absolutely zero reason to require hand-counted ballots. Firstly,Studies studies show that due to human nature and our inability to do tedious tasks for too long, hand counts result in a 25% mistake rate. They also show that it would takerequire immense manpersonnel powerresources and weeks of counting just to do 100K ballots, let alone the millions that will be cast in Georgia. This is a dangerous move by Trump allies to potentially throw the Georgia election process into chaos and provide a bad faith pretext for not certifying the results.
The American people have become very skeptical of their elections, which is why they want further assurances that their ballots are counted properly. People already assume that other precious documents, such as money at the bank, isare checked anand re-checked by human beings, so it shouldn't be too much to ask regarding the sacred right to vote. And when it comes to potential chaos after Election Day, the true threat is a large-scale, left-wing infrastructure ready to conduct lawfare at a moment's notice.
There's a 51% that Donald Trump will win the battleground state of Georgia in the 2024 presidential election according to the Metaculus prediction community.