The Georgia State Election Board meeting became contentious on Monday as two members of the Republican-controlled board defended their reasons for approving a controversial new election rule requiring county election officials to hand-count the number of ballots cast on Election Day.

Georgia's election board is considering making more changes to the state's electoral system just 42 days before the election.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) voiced his concerns about the Georgia State Election Board ruling on Friday that will require ballots in Georgia to be hand-counted by election workers the night of the election in addition to the normal machine tallies that take place.

Georgia's two major political parties gave differing views on a vote by the Georgia State Election Board that would require a hand count of ballots on Election Night. The 3-1 vote came after testimony from election officials who said the rule gave election officials little time to prepare.

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) said Sunday that Georgia’s hand-counted ballot rule is an “effort to turn the democracy on its head.” “The news that Georgia voters [ought to be] paying attention to is this,

The Georgia State Election Board on Friday voted 3-2 to require counties to hand-count ballots cast on Election Day, a move that could drastically lengthen the amount of time to tally results in a critical battleground state.