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A bipartisan group of former government officials in Georgia condemned the state’s Trump-backed election board’s new mandate that ballots be hand-counted. The board voted 3-2 to require that county election boards count ballots by hand and compare their results to electronic voting machine tallies. Critics argued Friday the change was designed to deliver the state to former President Donald Trump on Nov. 5. On Friday evening, four former elected government leaders — including two former governors — blasted the board’s decision in a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Want more break…

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