Democrats sue to block new Georgia election rule requiring hand counting of ballots

National and Georgia state Democrats filed suit Monday to block a rule adopted 10 days ago by the Georgia State Election Board that would require hand counting of ballots in the election in November.

"The rule violates Georgia law for numerous reasons," the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Party of Georgia wrote in their complaint, adding that it could introduce "uncertainty" into the effort to tally votes and delay certification of the state's election results.

The board, which has a newly minted pro-Trump majority, approved a requirement on Sept. 20 that ballots be counted by hand after machines tally the votes. The rule would require trios of precinct poll managers and poll officers to unseal ballot boxes and count the ballots by hand individually to ensure the tallies match the machine-counted ballot totals.