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Georgia's hand-count ballot rule is blocked in court

as voters in the state flock to the polls.

Plus, economists grow more upbeat about the U.S. economy,

and we'll look at Tehran's use of criminal gangs in the west to target its enemies.

This model of using proxies to go after Israeli targets, which is done in the past the Middle East.

Iran is really exporting that model now to Europe as well.

It's Wednesday, October 16th.

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

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A judge in Georgia has blocked a new rule that would have required poll workers in the state

to hand-count ballots after machine tallies saying the rule was enacted too close to the election.

That rule which was passed last month by Georgia's majority Republican State Election Board

would have added a lengthy delay before results could be released on election day and was challenged by Democrats

in court.

Georgia law already requires election officials to compare the number of votes and ballot

tallies.

Well, that ruling was handed down as a record

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