Georgia voting machines 2020. Georgias response to voting during the crisis more than ever secretary of state brad raffensperger encourages georgians to vote with a mail in absentee ballot. This election all in person voters in georgia will use the states new electronic voting machines to cast their ballots. Georgias problems arise in part out of a botched effort to shore up its election security.
With early voting starting monday in the states presidential primary officials say to pack your patience and to allow for extra time to complete the process. Elijah nouvelage getty images adding to the headaches were the new voting machines which some poll. As georgia rolls out new voting machines for 2020 worries about election security persist kristen leach carrying her daughter nora votes in atlanta on nov.
Until this year the state used voting machines called the diebold accuvote dre which ran on software. From significant issues with voting machines to breakdowns. Elections 2020 world news.
People wait in line to vote in georgias primary election in atlanta on tuesday june 9 2020. Georgia officials awarded a contract for 30000 new voting machines to dominion voting on monday scrapping the states 17 year old electronic voting equipment and replacing it with touchscreens. Georgias voting fiasco stemmed primarily from the 30000 new voting machines the state bought last year for 107 million from dominion voting systems which is based in denver.