Disagreements over how votes are counted in some US states

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00:00Here in Arizona, laws enabling counties to invalidate registrations of voters who have

00:06moved out of state are in place under a federal appeals ruling.

00:10Voting rights groups argue that the legislation unfairly targets voter registration efforts.

00:15Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court approved a Republican request to partially revive an

00:20Arizona law requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration.

00:25Over in Georgia, the Republican-leaning Electoral Board has given the green light to a controversial

00:30rule requiring ballots to be counted by hand.

00:33The move has prompted criticism from both Democratic and Republican officials.

00:37There are several things that concern me about this.

00:40Number one, I do think it's too close to the election.

00:42I do.

00:43I think that it's too late to train a lot of poll workers that have already started

00:47their training processes.

00:48And to go back and have to retrain them on something like this.

00:51I think there's a lack of resources in many counties to effectuate this rule.

00:57The board has also adopted rules giving county officials more power to question vote results.

01:02This could potentially allow Trump allies to prevent certification if he loses.

01:07Further north in Michigan, the Republican National Committee has filed a string of lawsuits

01:12questioning the way absentee ballots are counted in the state.

01:16The RNC has also sued in Nevada, along with the Trump campaign, to force officials to

01:21check that registered voters are American citizens.

01:25Earlier this month, a court in North Carolina denied a request from the RNC that sought

01:29to block the state from accepting digital ID cards issued by the University of North

01:33Carolina at polling places.

01:36The committee is appealing the decision, a move which, if successful, could make it harder

01:40for students to vote.

01:43In Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court decided that mail ballots cannot be accepted if they

01:48do not bear the correct date on their outer envelope.

01:50A move that voting rights groups insist will nullify thousands of legitimate ballots.

01:55Meanwhile the Supreme Court in Wisconsin is looking into a case that would ban mobile

01:59voting sites.

02:01Some Republicans argue that their repeated use could increase the risk of voter fraud.

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