Georgia Election Board Seeks DOJ Action on Voting Systems

Georgia’s State Election Board has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the state’s voting systems and intervene over QR-code ballot tabulation, election records and software security. The requests, made in a September 30 letter from board Executive Director James Mills, have not resulted in a federal ruling or a change to how ballots are counted. Mills asked federal officials to prohibit QR-code tabulation and set a six-month deadline for Georgia to move to voter-verifiable, hand-auditable records. He also sought an investigation into allegations that Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office restricted access to election records or altered them. Those allegations are claims in the letter, not established findings of wrongdoing. The letter followed a September 28 board resolution, approved 3-2, directing Mills to seek federal assistance. The resolution raised concerns about software updates and preserving election-system data. The letter also requested forensic backups of election-management servers and scanner drives before software changes, followed by independent verification, according to descriptions of the document.