Georgia elections officials defended the state’s elections system Wednesday from sharp criticism leveled by several state Senate Republicans during a committee hearing. A representative from the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office outlined several changes in the voting system designed to make it more secure including a software upgrade that will be rolled out as a pilot project in next month’s municipal elections in five counties.
Republican members of the committee expressed alarm that the upgrade won’t be implemented statewide until after next year’s elections.
Several cited a report released by University of Michigan computer scientist Alex Halderman last year that identified nine flaws in the Dominion Voting System machines the state currently uses that he said leave the system vulnerable.
Members of the Senate Ethics Committee also complained that the QR code Dominion’s voting machines print on every paper ballot lacks transparency.
