Election officials in a Georgia county have voted to switch from the state's new voting machines to hand-marked paper ballots amid concerns about ballot secrecy. Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections Chair Jesse Evans confirmed that the board voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve the switch for the presidential primary election.
Evans wrote that the board found it “impracticable to use the new electronic voting system to meet the state and federal legal requirements” that it “protect absolute ballot secrecy while allowing sufficient monitoring of the ballot marking devices in use." The primary is the first time Georgia's new voting machines and election management system are being used statewide. Early voting began Monday for the March 24 contest.
