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The Georgia State Election Board will require that the number of ballots counted in the Nov. 5 presidential election doesn’t surpass the number of voters who cast ballots, in a move narrowly approved Monday.  The election board voted 3-2 after more than three hours of heated debate on what proponents contend was a commonsense election reform.  Bridget Thorne, who was elected in 2022 to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, said she supported the outcome but was disappointed the vote was so close.  “I felt like it should have gotten a unanimous vote. It seems like such a commonsense rule,” Thorne told The Daily Signal. “The rule follows exactly the existing law.” Thorne added: “To say this will cause delays in election certification is just hypothetical fearmongering.” Left-leaning activist groups—including Fair Fight Action—opposed the measure, arguing that county election boards shouldn’t be allowed to investigate irregularities, as allowed under the rules change.  But some Georgia Republicans—including the top election official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger—opposed the change based on practical concerns of delaying certification of an election.  Ken Cuccinelli, chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative, testified in favor of the new rule at the Georgia State Election Board’s meeting, saying it sets uniform standards for counties to follow an existing law about reconciling the number of votes counted with the number of voters casting ballots. “Secretary Raffensperger is, I believe, sincere in his opposition. But he is prioritizing speed, and we are prioritizing accuracy,” Cuccinelli, a former Virginia attorney general, told The Daily Signal.  Raffensperger last week warned against the rule change, asserting that it would slow down the certification process.  “The [Georgia] General Assembly knew that quick reporting of results and certification is paramount to voter confidence and passed SB 202, but misguided attempts by the State Election Board will delay election results and undermine chain of custody safeguards,” Raffensperger said in a public statement. “Georgia voters reject this 11th-hour chaos, and so should the unelected members of the State Election Board.” Raffensperger was referring to Georgia’s election law reform, Senate Bill 202, enacted in 2021 and including a voter ID requirement for mail-in ballots, among other things.  Cuccinelli noted that most opponents of the election board’s so-called reconciliation rule were the same ones who opposed SB 202.  “There are plenty of mistakes made. You don’t even need to get to the fraud,” he said. “This will help minimize mistakes and make fraud more difficult.” Hans von Spakovsky, manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative at The Heritage Foundation, also gave expert testimony ahead of the board’s vote on the rule.  A former member of the Fulton County election board, von Spakovsky said he was surprised when opponents of the change said county boards have no authority to review when the numbers don’t add up.  “The idea that county boards are not allowed to investigate is absurd. Under the law, county election boards are fully required to run elections,” he said.  Von Spakovsky called the concerns about delaying certification “misplaced,” noting the deadline for certification remains 5 p.m. on the Monday after the election.   “I was astounded by the opposition to this rule that just says that votes cast and counted should match the number of people who came to vote,” von Spakovksy said. “The fact that anyone opposes it is unbelievable.” How about a little love for Georgia’s State Election Board members? They are standing up to the SOS, AG, and liberal media to make sure Georgia’s 2024 elections are fair, secure, and ACCURATE.Thank you @IAm_JanelleK, @RickJeffaresGA, and Dr. Johnston! pic.twitter.com/5wKKKNhHHP— Greater Georgia (@GreaterGeorgia) August 20, 2024 After the board’s vote Monday, Georgia-based Fair Fight Action spokesman Max Flugrath blamed former President Donald Trump. Flugrath said the rule was pushed by MAGA, an acronym for the Trump slogan “Make America Great Again.” Fair Fight Action was founded by Stacey Abrams, who has lost two general election races for Georgia governor. “Trump-backed Georgia [State] Election Board passes rule change that Trump allies can use to delay certification of 2024 election results,” Flugrath posted on the social media platform X, adding, “The rule change was advanced by MAGA election deniers.” The liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called Georgia’s new reconciliation rule “fishy” and vowed to challenge it. A court could overturn the board’s decision. Or legislation passed by the state Legislature and signed by the governor could undo the decision.  “The Georgia State Election Board is trying to pass an illegal rule that would legitimize efforts to sabotage the election certification process,” the organization posted Tuesday on X.  Something fishy is happening in Georgia.The Georgia State Election Board is trying to pass an illegal rule that would legitimize efforts to sabotage the election certification process.We're objecting to this rule.https://t.co/A2tpeN9bcS— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 20, 2024 Reconciling the number of voters with the number of ballots already is required by state law, although it’s not enforced by every county. Georgia Code § 2I-2-493(b) states that a county’s superintendent of elections “shall compare the registration figure with the certificates returned by the poll officers showing the number of persons who voted in each precinct or the number of ballots cast.” The state law adds that when the number of votes “exceeds the total number of persons who voted in such precinct or the total number of ballots cast therein, such excess shall be deemed a discrepancy and palpable error and shall be investigated by the superintendent; and no votes shall be recorded from such precinct until an investigation shall be had.” Under the new rule, a county’s election superintendent will transmit a reconciliation report to the Georgia Office of the Secretary of State on the total of ballots cast in each precinct and the number of voters who received credit for voting in each precinct.   “Any discrepancies in the aggregate total of ballots cast in each precinct compared to the aggregate number of voters who received credit for voting in a precinct shall be fully investigated by the election superintendent or designee,” the new rule says. “The explanation for any discrepancy shall be included in the reconciliation report.”  Early voting in Georgia will begin Oct. 15.  The Peach State has 16 votes in the national Electoral College that ultimately decides who is elected president. In the 2020 presidential race, Biden narrowly won the state over Trump, the incumbent, becoming the first Democratic presidential nominee to win there since Bill Clinton in 1992.  The post Why Vote Counting Could Be More Accurate in Georgia for Nov. 5 Election appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Instead of sharing any number of the partisan and false statements from President Biden’s speech (which our friends at National Review, RedState, and Townhall ably took on) or any of the other speakers, Tuesday’s CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today attempted to lull viewers not so much with puffball, almost erotic adulation of the Democrats that we saw on ABC’s Good Morning America, but boring recaps painting the proceedings as unobjectionable. CBS co-host and Democratic donor Gayle King offered the already tiresome talking point in the “Eye Opener”: “President Biden passes the torch to Vice President Harris on a very emotional day one of the Democratic Convention.”     King later added that they would first cover “the historic passing of the torch in the Democratic Party” with Biden “looking back at his more than five-decade long career.” After being tossed to by King with references to the proceedings ending far later than anticipated, co-host Tony Dokoupil quipped that “morning came extra early because the night was so long, some of our viewers may have fallen asleep, so we’ll clue them into what they missed.” He then summarized the night and brought in chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes, who herself boasted of Biden “capp[ing] a raucous night one and a reinvigorated party” and saw no issue with Biden casting 2024 in apocalyptic terms (though she and her fellow liberals would only ascribe that descriptor to Donald Trump’s GOP) (click “expand”): DOKOUPIL: Fifty years in public life, he covered. He was too young to be President when he started in public life, and now, as he joked from the stage, he’s too old, apparently, but in addition to being a sort of goodbye, his speech was also a handoff to Kamala Harris, who got the loudest applause of the night, by far, and all the other big speeches from Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to 2016 Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, among many, many others, they all made the case for Harris as the one who, as Clinton put it, can finally break that highest and hardest glass ceiling. Now, outside the arena, there was a different scene as people protested the White House’s handling of the war in Gaza and some clash with police after breaking through a barrier. But inside this arena last evening, joy and admiration and for more on that, we are joined by our chief White House correspondent, Nancy Cordes. Nancy, good morning. CORDES: Good morning to you, Tony, and yes, admiration for the keynote speaker, the President of the United States, who really capped a raucous night one and a reinvigorated party that feels a lot more bullish about its chances. The President was greeted with an extended standing ovation, a show of gratitude after he agreed to step aside. BIDEN: It has been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your President. I love the job, but I love my country more. CORDES: Before a sea of “We love Joe” signs and with Kamala Harris looking on, President Biden addressed the convention that just weeks ago was planned for him, but now centers around his Vice President. BIDEN: Selecting Kamala was the very first decision I made before I became — when I became our nominee, and it was the best decision I made my whole career. CORDES: Biden highlighted their joint accomplishments over the past four years, casting the race as a battle for the country. BIDEN: We saved democracy in 2020, and now we must save it again in 2024. CORDES: Harris made a surprise appearance earlier in the night to pay tribute to the President. KAMALA HARRIS: Joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to our nation and for all you will continue to do, we are forever grateful to you. Cordes offered minimal details, stating between soundbites that “[n]ight one of this convention was focused on the future and...drawing a sharp contrast with former President Trump on abortion rights” with “the economy” being “another focus”. This gave way to supposed analysis (read: marching orders) from former Harris official-turned-CBS News contributor Ashley Etienne, who gushed that “[t]he goal for last night was to tell the arc of the legacy Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s legacy, from bringing us out of COVID to building the strongest economy in the nation, bipartisan legislation and successes from guns to infrastructure.” Dokoupil at least asked her about how voters admit they know little about Harris, noting “it’s remarkable that Kamala Harris is so famous, and yet for many voters still unknown.” CBS would later re-rack portions of partisan correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns’s interview Monday with Trump and bring her in to discuss it, but the Paramount-owned network at least partially redeemed itself with tough interview of Democratic National Committee Chairman Jamie Harrison in the second half hour. NBC’s Today took the same approach. “Passing the torch. An emotional President Biden taking the stage at the opening of the democratic national convention to a hero's welcome, making the case for Kamala Harris and against Donald Trump,” co-host Hoda Kotb enthused in a tease. Chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander kept it superficial with short soundbites amid talk about Biden’s “swan song of sorts” and “heaping praise on Kamala Harris” to conclude a night that left “many Democrats...exhilarated after showering the outgoing President with love”.     “The President supported by his family, becoming emotional after he was introduced by his daughter Ashley and receiving applause from the crowd...President Biden also making a point of praising Harris, while touting their record together,” he added. Alexander followed Cordes in touching on Hillary Clinton’s speech then concluding with stenography about Biden framing the election as existential (click “expand”):  ALEXANDER: For his part, Mr. Trump, campaigning yesterday, was asked whether he'd accept the results of the election. DONALD TRUMP: It is going to be a fair and free election, the answer is absolutely I will. ALEXANDER: President Biden, in his address, also attacking Mr. Trump. BIDEN: You cannot say you love your country only when you win. ALEXANDER: — warning against what he called clear and present threats to democracy. BIDEN: Democracy has prevailed. Democracy — democracy has delivered and now, democracy must be preserved. ALEXANDER: The President reflecting on his legacy, repeating a song verse he used in his inaugural address. To see the relevant transcripts from August 20, click here (for CBS) and here (for NBC).

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