ATLANTA — Lawmakers are getting a first look at different voting machines that could replace Georgia’s current ones.
They would replace the Dominion voting machines and the system where your ballot is printed and then scanned.
Lawmakers could potentially vote on whether to keep or replace the voting machines.
Lawmakers and elections officials got their first look at three brand new voting systems up for sale to replace Georgia’s aging and controversial Dominion voting systems.
The joint blue ribbon committee is tasked with finding the best one because time is running out.
“I’m just going to be real, OK? That’s who I am. I’m just going to lay it out there,” said Deidre Holden, Paulding County elections supervisor.
She grilled all three vendors Thursday and points out that there really isn’t a lot of time to do all this because she needs time to train her poll workers and the public on how to use new machines.
“And it’s a chance, and our voters, people don’t like change, but I think that if we have adequate, enough time to do the PR, to do voter education, everything will be fine,” Holden said.
The current Dominion machines were at the center of unproven allegations of voter fraud in Georgia.
In fact, every federal, state and local investigation showed there wasn’t any.
Still, those machines are nearing the end of their operation lives.
Lawmakers on the committee stress security and election integrity are at the top of their wish list and warn any new system won’t be inexpensive.
“I can’t put a price tag on a secure voting system in Georgia,” said State Sen. Max Burns, (R - Sylvania).
“We can put a cost on it, but we can’t put a value on it,” said State Rep. Victor Anders, (R - Cornelia).
That committee will hear from four more voting machine vendors at its next meeting.
Then, they’ll make a recommendation to the legislature, which committee members hope will adopt very quickly.
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