Georgia's state election board has scheduled an emergency hearing on the decision by officials in one county to use hand-marked paper ballots for the presidential primary. The Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections voted 3-2 on Tuesday to use the hand-marked ballots rather than the state's new voting machines.
The board chair said the board found it “impracticable” when using the new machines to protect ballot secrecy and allow sufficient monitoring to prevent tampering. A hearing notice issued Thursday says the March 11 hearing is meant to determine whether the county board's decision violates state laws and election rules.