A special House committee focused on elections kicked off its first meeting at the state Capitol Tuesday, as state lawmakers gathered to solicit testimony from elections officials and activists on how to improve Georgia elections.
The committee, tagged as a “blue ribbon” panel, aims to evaluate Georgia’s current election policies and provide recommendations for new election laws ahead of Georgia’s 2026 legislative session. It is chaired by state Rep. Tim Fleming, a Covington Republican, who recently became the first candidate to launch a bid for secretary of state.
Georgia’s election system has been under immense scrutiny since the 2020 election, when President Donald Trump falsely stated that the election was stolen from him in Georgia and several other swing states. The current secretary of state, Republican Brad Raffensperger, resisted pressure from Trump to overturn Georgia’s election results in his favor.
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