# Georgia State Election Board The five-member board that promulgates Georgia's election rules, investigates complaints against county election officials, and refers cases to the state attorney general. Its rules are codified at Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 183-1, which makes it the author of some of the most consequential administrative text in American election law — including **Rule 183-1-15-.02, "Definition of Vote,"** the one state standard in the country that sets the ballot scanner's own mark-detection threshold as a matter of law rather than leaving it to the vendor's configuration. See [[Ballot Marking Validity Crosswalk]]. The board drew national attention in 2024 when a reshaped majority passed rules requiring county officials to hand-count ballot totals at the precinct and to conduct a "reasonable inquiry" before certifying; a state judge blocked the hand-count rule days before that election. Its rulemaking power is the reason Georgia procedure can change between elections without the legislature acting, and the 2026 special session's SB 3EX added statutory duties on top of it. The board's composition, appointment formula and the current status of its 2024 rules are **[unconfirmed]** in this vault and should be verified before citation. Expand with: the appointment formula and current membership, the 2024 rule package and its litigation history, the relationship to the Secretary of State's office, and the referral pipeline to the attorney general. This is a stub — created in the 2026-10-06 ASCII map build for [[Ballot Marking Validity Crosswalk]], where it had been flagged as a needed page in the 2026-10-04 build. Expand as noted above. ## See Also - [[Ballot Marking Validity Crosswalk]] - [[Post-Election Audit Crosswalk]] · [[Recount Trigger Crosswalk]] - [[Brad Raffensperger]] - [[State Election Administration Tree]] - [[2026 Midterms Hub]]