Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, said Sunday that Georgia's manual vote counting rules are an “attempt to upend our democracy.”
“Georgia voters [ought to be] The fact that they're paying attention to this means they know we're winning,” Warnock said. said MSNBC's “Inside with Jen Psaki.”
“They know that Kamala Harris is on a roll and that this effort to upend our democracy so that instead of voters choosing their representatives, the people running for office choose the voters. This effort is not going to stand.”
The Georgia Election Commission ruled Friday that ballots must be counted by hand at local precincts, despite concerns from election officials and objections from some state officials.
The commission voted 3-2 to require a manual count in addition to the machine-based counting already in place, a change that came less than 50 days before Election Day.
Even prominent Republicans like Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger have expressed concerns about manual vote counting in the past, and he suggested tough times could lie ahead if the rules pass.
“Attorney General Chris Carr has said these rules will not withstand legal challenge, and I have worked every day to strengthen Georgia's election laws and ensure our elections remain safe, secure and free,” Raffensperger said after the vote.
“I'm old enough to remember Florida,” Warnock said during an MSNBC appearance Sunday. [in] “The year 2000”
“We all saw what a mess it was, and we don't want that to happen again in Georgia, so we're going to continue to press this issue,” he later added.
The Hill reached out to the Georgia State Election Commission.
