Georgia lawmakers delay a major change to the state's voting system
Source: NBC News
June 24, 2026, 11:44 AM EDT
Georgia lawmakers voted Tuesday to extend a self-imposed deadline to implement a new voting system for this fall’s midterm elections days before it was set to fall out of compliance with state election code.
Georgians voting in person typically use a digital ballot-marking device that prints out a marked ballot with a QR code and a written summary of the voter’s choices. The QR codes, which are indecipherable to the human eye, are used to tabulate votes, though the audit process includes a review of spelled-out choices when checking the results.
The state’s Republican-controlled Legislature voted in 2024 to stop using QR codes to count votes by July 1 of this year, fueled in large part by unfounded allegations of voter fraud and a yearslong federal lawsuit about the integrity of the state’s voter system.
But actually implementing the change proved difficult. State officials said in 2024 that changes to the current system could cost tens of millions of dollars, while a total replacement could run as much as $300 million.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/georgia-lawmakers-delay-major-change-states-voting-system-rcna351577
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