Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a controversial new rule Friday requiring counties to hand-count the of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day,

The Quinnipiac University Poll has Harris up 5 points in a head-to-head matchup with Trump in Pennsylvania. The New York Times/The Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College poll, released Thursday, found Harris with a 4-point lead over the former president in Pennsylvania.

Trump faces criminal charges accusing him of pressuring Georgia officials to reverse his 2020 election loss, though he denies wrongdoing. He has continued to advance false claims

Among the new rules, election workers will hand count ballots on Election Night, potentially delaying the swing state's results.

State board meeting considering controversial changes that could spark voting chaos. The Guardian has obtained a memo from the Georgia attorney general’s office advising the state election board that several of the rules it is voting on today are illegal.

The office of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr sent a letter to the members of Georgia’s State Election Board Friday morning telling them some of the planned rule changes to election policies ahead of the presidential race may violate state law.

The Georgia State Election Board will require hand counts of all votes in the November election and confirm the figures match machine counts. Paper ballots are now required to be counted at each polling place by three separate poll workers.