The Republican-led board's demands are part of a broader effort to have the Justice Department declare the state's voting system unlawful. This comes as the agency declines to proceed with a separate GOP plan to repair a known flaw in the election system, a move that political opponents have characterized as an attempt to interfere with the upcoming midterm elections.
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Georgia Board Asks Trump Admin to Ban QR Code Vote Counting and Probe Raffensperger
US Politics18 days ago
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is the target of a federal investigation request from the Georgia State Election Board, which also seeks to halt the use of QR codes for ballot tabulation. James Mills, the board's executive director, urged the Trump administration to examine voting machines deployed across the state and prohibit QR-code counting before the November midterms in letters sent to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Todd Blanche, and Harmeet Dhillon.
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