Ga. Senate Defeats Paper Ballot Voting Bill

Georgia state senators on Friday narrowly rejected a bill that would have required voters to use hand-marked paper ballots beginning before the November elections, WABE out of Atlanta first reported.

The vote leaves lawmakers scrambling to comply with an existing state law that bans QR codes on ballots later this year.

The Senate voted 27-21 against Senate Bill 568, two votes short of the 29 needed to pass in the 56-member chamber. Seven senators did not vote after warnings that switching voting systems this quickly could create administrative problems before upcoming elections.

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