The Republican elected to oversee Georgia’s elections for the next four years will inherit an office tasked with replacing the state’s aging electronic voting machines, ensuring security flaws that exposed voters’ personal information to potential hacks have been patched and dealing with several lawsuits that allege voter suppression marred the 2018 midterms.
“We are moving forward as fast as we can,” Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday, acknowledging the big workload he faces as Georgia’s next secretary of state. “It’s a full plate.”
The Republican state lawmaker won a runoff election Tuesday to become the state’s new elections chief, defeating former Democratic congressman John Barrow.
Read this story now for free
To continue reading, sign up for our newsletter and get unlimited access to WABE.org
You can select your preferences for news and local content. We will never share your email address. Learn how your newsletter sign-up will support WABE and Public Media
