Trump majority of the battleground state's election board approved the move, which critics from both parties warn could lead to delays in reporting results.

The board, with a new right-wing majority, is set to consider new election rules just 45 days before the election.

Georgia's Republican-controlled state election board may vote on Friday to require a labor-intensive hand count of potentially millions of ballots in November's election, a move voting rights advocates say could cause delays,

The Georgia Election Board ruled Friday that ballots must be hand-counted by local precincts despite concerns from election officials and opposition from some state officials. The Georgia Election Board ruled 3-2 to require ballots to be hand counted — an added layer to the machine count that already takes place.