“There is no reason for Georgia to stay married to a system this expensive, this fragile and this easy for bad actors to exploit.”

Marilyn Marks, executive director for the Coalition for Good Governance, criticizing Georgia’s touchscreen voting system as the state faces a July 2026 deadline to eliminate QR codes from ballots. Marks and other election security advocates argue the system remains vulnerable to hacking and are pushing for hand-marked paper ballots, while state officials warn that funding gaps and timing make major changes before the midterms difficult. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)