Last Of New Voting Machines Expected To Be Delivered To Georgia Counties Next Week

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks to reporters Dec. 30 shortly before a delivery of the state’s new voting machines arrived in DeKalb County.

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Voters in nearly 20 Georgia counties have cast ballots using the state’s new electronic voting machines since last November.

But upwards of a million people are expected to be using the devices for the first time next month during the state’s presidential primary, and some Georgia counties are still waiting to get the rest of their machines.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the remaining 10% of equipment will be delivered to counties by next Friday. He admits it’s a tight timeline. But he says a special election in southwest Georgia last week shows that kind of quick turnaround is possible.