Georgia's Republican-controlled state election board may vote on Friday to require a labor-intensive hand count of potentially millions of ballots in November's election, a move voting rights advocates say could cause delays,

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.

Georgia's controversial State Election Board will meet on Friday to vote on 11 different rule changes less than a month before early voting will start in the Peach State.Friday's agenda includes proposals to require the hand counting of ballots at each polling place and publicly post the names of all registered voters for the Nov.

The state election board was recently taken over by a conservative majority. Its latest proposals are dangerously late in the process and most likely illegal, according to the secretary of state.

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