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Special Committee Meets Ahead of Setting Rules for Next Voting System in Georgia

A new special committee tasked with instituting rules for Georgia’s next “system of election equipment” met Friday at the state Capitol to create a new voting tabulation method in time for the 2028 elections.

The task of the Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee comes following the Legislature’s prior direction to abolish the state’s QR code system for vote tabulation. While legislators previously faced a deadline to retire the QR codes last month, that deadline was extended to 2028, when the state will be required to tally votes using text that is readable to humans, not merely machines.

The meeting last week was primarily logistical in nature. Deidre Holden, the Paulding County Elections and Voter Registration director and a special committee member, told the Daily Signal that the meeting held on Friday “was to set........

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