Critics plan to sue, saying the new requirement would almost certainly lead to errors and could disrupt the process of certifying the vote in a crucial battleground state.

A series of proposed election rule changes by the State Election Board may be unconstitutional, according to the Attorney General's office.

One measure, to be voted on Friday, would require hand counting of ballots. Critics say that it would create widespread confusion in a state pivotal to the presidential race.

The Georgia State Election Board is set to vote on a controversial measure Friday that would require local precincts to conduct hand counts.

If approved, the hand count rule would make Georgia the only state in the U.S. to implement such a requirement as part of the normal process of tabulating results, according to Gowri Ramachandran, the director of elections and security at New York University's Brennan Center for Justice,

State board meeting considering controversial changes hears hand-counting ballots would ‘unnecessarily delay’ election day tabulation

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