Georgia’s Secretary of State, now running for governor, is pushing to replace the state’s voting machines, a move his office said for years was unnecessary.
Brian Kemp established the Secure, Accessible and Fair Elections Commission in April to study a replacement for Georgia’s current electronic touchscreen system, which creates no paper records, after efforts to get replacements installed in time for this year’s elections failed.
The group will meet for the first time June 13, and will review options including touchscreens that print paper ballots, and ballots marked by hand with a pen.
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