Promoting the building blocks of trustworthy elections with verifiable outcomes

- hand-marked paper ballots

- tabulation by optical scan

- solid chain of custody

- robust audits

Who has the authority to make the switch to hand-marked paper ballots (HMPB) in Georgia?

1. The Georgia legislature can make a law.

2. The Georgia legislature can ask the State Election Board (SEB) to make a rule, or ask the SEB to implement paper back-up balloting (which are hand-marked ballots).

3. The SEB can direct counties to comply with laws and use the paper backup system.

4. The SEB can recommend that the legislature make a law.

5. County election boards can implement temporary use of back-up balloting when a voting system cannot comply with law or is not operating properly. 

6. A court could order a change in response to a lawsuit.

What you can do

1. Spread the word

2. Contact your legislators

3. Contact Sara Tindall Ghazal of the SEB

4. Contact your County Election Board