Georgia senators on Tuesday passed a bill to remove barcodes from ballots, one of numerous Republican-backed proposals aimed at addressing GOP discontent driven by Donald Trump’s false claims that he won the state in 2020.
The Senate voted 31-22 to pass Senate Bill 189, sending it on to the House for more debate. It would mandate that printed text on ballots must be used to count votes, rather than a QR code, a type of barcode.
The bill that passed the Senate would take effect July 1, despite Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s position that it’s already too late to make major changes before the 2024 presidential election in November.
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