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Committee advances substitute to move Georgia to hand‑marked ballots, tightens voter‑roll enforcement
Summary
SB 568 would require hand‑marked paper ballots statewide, assign early‑voting locations to reduce preprinted permutations, make digital ballot images and security logs public, change audit/recount thresholds and add fines for failures in voter‑roll adjudication; election officials warned about procurement and training timelines while supporters cited voting‑system vulnerabilities.
Senate Bill 568 (committee substitute), presented by the bill sponsor, lays out a multi‑part plan for changing how Georgia conducts and audits elections. Major provisions discussed include:
- Moving to hand‑marked paper ballots and precluding QR codes, with the goal of creating auditable, human‑marked ballots; the author said the proposal would bring Georgia’s tabulation and posting practices into alignment with other states that use hand‑marked ballots.
- Requiring a uniform voting system procured by the state and making certain security logs and digital ballot images publicly available within 30 days.
- Assigning voters to an early‑voting location to reduce the number of distinct preprinted ballot permutations each site must stock (the sponsor argued this reduces waste and logistical burden…
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