With time short, judge mulls Georgia voting system changes

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With the start of early voting less than a week away and a software update being installed to address a glitch in Georgia s voting machines, a federal judge was still considering a request by voting integrity activists to sideline the new touchscreen voting machines in favor of hand-marked paper ballots for the November general election. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg is presiding over a long-running lawsuit filed by election integrity advocates that challenges the election system the state bought last year from Dominion Voting Systems for more than $100 million. Kevin Skoglund, another of the activists' experts, told the judge that the EAC certification of a voting system would be voided if the software change was made without prior written approval from the commission. Georgia law says the voting voting machines “shall be certified by the United States Election Assistance Commission prior to purchase, lease, or acquisition.” The update was certified by the secretary of state after “thorough testing and validation” by Dominion, Pro V&V and the secretary of state’s office, Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs said.