Some Republicans still press for changes to further protect Georgia voting system amid criticism

Georgia Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, speaks in the Senate chambers of the state Capitol, March 6, 2023, in Atlanta. On Tuesday, Nov. 28, a committee led by Dolezal adopted a report calling for lawmakers to abolish government permits for health facilities. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, File)

Some Republican lawmakers continued to press Wednesday for changes to protect Georgia’s voting system from security weaknesses, but a deputy to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger accused them of acting in bad faith and promoting lies that Georgia’s 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.

The dispute with some Republicans in the state Senate stems from vulnerabilities in Dominion Voting Systems equipment identified by J. Alex Halderman, an expert witness in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Georgia’s election system.

Halderman has said he’s seen no evidence the vulnerabilities were exploited to change the outcome of past elections.