In-person voting for the 2024 US presidential election begins Friday in three states — Virginia, South Dakota, and Minnesota, the home state of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.

Some states use hand counts when conducting recounts in close elections, or as part of routine post-election audits, said Mark Lindeman, the policy and strategy director for Verified Voting, which supports the responsible use of technology in elections. A handful of tiny jurisdictions use hand counts in place of voting machines.

As voting begins, some state and local election officials from across the country have warned that problems with the nation's mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn't fixed persistent deficiencies.

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

The office of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr sent a letter to the members of Georgia’s State Election Board Friday morning telling them some of the planned rule changes to election policies ahead of the presidential race may violate state law.