{"id":2344630,"date":"2024-09-22T23:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T03:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warnock-very-concerned-about-georgia-election-board-ruling-requiring-hand-counting-of-ballots-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T23:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T03:51:08","slug":"warnock-very-concerned-about-georgia-election-board-ruling-requiring-hand-counting-of-ballots-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warnock-very-concerned-about-georgia-election-board-ruling-requiring-hand-counting-of-ballots-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Warnock \u2018very concerned\u2019 about Georgia election board ruling requiring hand-counting of ballots &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwarnock-very-concerned-about-georgia-election-board-ruling-requiring-hand-counting-of-ballots-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2344630&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator \u200dRaphael Warnock (D-GA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-parliament-postpones-vote-on-death-penalty-for-homosexuality\/\" title=\"Iraqi Parliament delays decision on implementing capital punishment for homosexual acts\">expressed deep\u200d concerns<\/a> regarding a ruling from the Georgia\u2062 State Election Board that \u200cmandates\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-bill-to-mandate-electronic-voting-records-supported-by-soros-backed-secretary-of-state\/\" title=\"Colorado Bill To Mandate Electronic Voting Records Supported By Soros-Backed Secretary of State\">hand-counting<\/a> of ballots on\u2063 election night, in \u200baddition to traditional machine tallies. During an appearance on *Inside\u200b with Jen Psaki*, Warnock linked this \u2063decision to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s attempts to influence the Georgia election results \u2064in\u2064 2020, recalling Trump&#8217;s request for specific vote counts. He suggested that the ruling could undermine democratic \u2063processes\u200d and contribute\u2062 to voter suppression in the state. Warnock emphasized that such actions signify that Democrats, including\u2064 Vice President Kamala Harris, are gaining traction in\u200b Georgia, \u200dstating that the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-senate-passes-bill-to-close-sneaky-zuckbucks-2-0-loopholes\/\" title=\"Georgia Senate Passes Bill To Close Sneaky \u2018Zuckbucks 2.0\u2019 Loopholes\">election board&#8217;<\/a>s decision indicates\u200d a \u200cfear of Democratic \u200csuccess. The ruling \u200bwas passed narrowly by\u200d a Republican \u2063majority on the board, highlighting ongoing tensions regarding \u200celectoral integrity in\u200d the state.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Warnock &lsquo;very concerned&rsquo; about Georgia election board ruling requiring hand-counting of ballots<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1765895\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/raphael-warnock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Raphael Warnock<\/a> (D-GA) voiced his concerns about the Georgia State Election Board ruling on Friday that will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3161293\/georgia-election-board-hand-count-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"require\">require<\/a> ballots in Georgia to be hand-counted by election workers the night of the election in addition to the normal machine tallies that take place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Speaking on <em>Inside with Jen Psaki<\/em> on Sunday, Warnock said he is &ldquo;very concerned&rdquo; about this ruling, linking it to former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s efforts to &ldquo;find&rdquo; votes in Georgia in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very concerned, Jen. All of us should remember that famous phone call, a man from Florida, calling in to Georgia saying he needed 11,780 votes. He didn&rsquo;t get it. And apparently, these members of the state board of elections whom he calls pit bulls are out there doing his bidding and trying to create a scenario in which they can declare by fiat who the winner of Georgia is. &hellip; This is how voter suppression happens, undermine votes a little bit here, a little bit there,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia senator then claimed that this effort from the elections board is evidence that Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrats are &ldquo;winning&rdquo; in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The news that Georgia voters ought to be paying attention to is this: The fact that they&rsquo;re doing this means that they know we&rsquo;re winning. They know that the momentum is with Kamala Harris, and this effort to turn the democracy on its head &hellip; it won&rsquo;t stand,&rdquo; Warnock said.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican-led elections board voted 3-2 to require the hand-counting of all ballots in the Peach State. The move was celebrated by allies of Trump, who believe that the changes will help alleviate concerns of voter fraud the former president raised four years ago in relation to President Joe Biden&rsquo;s narrow victory in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The decision also sparked some criticism from election officials and democracy advocates who fear it will cause delays, errors, and increased costs for the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notably, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in August <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3124168\/raffensperger-slams-board-proposal-hand-count-ballots-misguided\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called\">called<\/a> the then-proposal &ldquo;misguided&rdquo; and slammed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-dekalb-county-officials-skirted-georgia-law-to-acquire-funds-from-left-wing-dark-money-elections-group\/\" title=\"Exclusive: DeKalb County Officials Skirted Georgia Law To Acquire Funds From Left-Wing Dark Money Elections Group\">elections board members<\/a> as &ldquo;unelected bureaucrats&nbsp;who have never run an election and seem to reject the advice of anyone who ever has.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/georgia\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"polling\">polling<\/a> average from <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> shows a tight race in Georgia, with Trump leading Harris by 1.7 percentage points, 48% to 46.3%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1765895\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1765895\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) expressed his worries regarding the Georgia State Election Board&#8217;s recent decision mandating that ballots be hand-counted by election workers on the night of the election, alongside the usual machine counts. During an appearance on Inside with Jen Psaki, Warnock stated he is &#8220;very concerned&#8221; about this ruling, connecting it to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s attempts to &#8220;find&#8221; votes in Georgia during the 2020 election. He recalled Trump&#8217;s infamous phone call from Florida requesting 11,780 votes and criticized state board members for acting as &#8220;pit bulls&#8221; doing Trump&#8217;s bidding to manipulate election outcomes. Warnock argued that such actions contribute to voter suppression by gradually undermining votes. He also claimed that this move indicates Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats are gaining traction in Georgia, asserting that their efforts reflect a recognition of their momentum. The Republican-led elections board voted 3-2 in favor of requiring hand-counting of all ballots, a decision welcomed by Trump supporters who believe it addresses past concerns about voter fraud related to President Joe Biden&#8217;s narrow win in Georgia. However, this ruling has drawn criticism from election officials and democracy advocates who worry it may lead to delays, mistakes, and higher costs for the state. Notably, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger previously described the proposal as &#8220;misguided,&#8221; criticizing board members as unelected bureaucrats lacking practical electoral experience. Current polling averages indicate a close race in Georgia with Trump leading Harris by 1.7 percentage points (48% to 46.3%)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2344631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Raphael-Warnock-Senate.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41485,38351,41484,6343,32076],"class_list":["post-2344630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election-board-ruling","tag-georgia-election","tag-hand-counting-ballots","tag-warnock","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Raphael-Warnock-Senate.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}