The people who run elections in Georgia are angry and frustrated over new state rules that they say will make the process less secure and their jobs more difficult.

At a meeting this week in the small city of Forsyth, Ga., county election officials from across the state expressed exasperation at the Republican-controlled State Election Board, which in recent weeks upended the process for certifying elections. The changes have injected new uncertainty into the democratic process, they said, just before the November election.

“I’m very concerned about some of the rules they have passed,” said Anne Dover, the director of elections for Cherokee County, a suburban county north of Atlanta. Some of them appear to contradict state law, she said, putting local officials in a no-win situation. “If you write a rule that goes against the law, then are you going to turn me in to the attorney general when I break your rule?” she asked. “I’m of the mind-set that I will break a rule before I will break a law.”

Running elections has become increasingly difficult in many parts of the country since 2020. State and local officials have had to contend with aggressive political activists, foreign interference and threats to their personal safety.

In Georgia, where the State Election Board has become increasingly aligned with the policy goals of former President Donald J. Trump and his allies, scrutiny over the process of conducting elections and tabulating the vote has been especially intense.

Last week, Democrats sued the board, warning that its new election certification rules could create chaos. Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state in Georgia, has criticized the board for making new rules so close to the upcoming election. “The Georgia state election board is a mess,” he told reporters on Tuesday.