WTOC, Savannah, Georgia, news, weather and sports | Group Calls for Georgia Secretary of State to Step Down
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A Georgia-based group is calling for Secretary of State Cathy Cox to step down, during her run for governor. The group, Defenders of Democracy, says the state's electronic voting system is too inaccurate.
The complaint from the group says the system doesn't have an effective paper trail to track how citizens vote.
The concern was brought up during the state election board meeting in Savannah this afternoon. They say, until each voter has an individual printout after his or her ballot is cast, voters have no guarantee their votes were recorded accurately.
"What we're looking for is a voter-verified paper trail," said Defenders of Democracy cofounder Mark Sawyer. "The voter verifies it there in the polling booth, and once it drops, we know that that vote has been verified by the voter and is available for auditing purposes and recounts."
Secretary of State Cox's office has firmly stated it has found no evidence of any problems with the voting system.
Reported by: Liz Flynn, lflynn@wtoc.com
