Georgia Election Security: QR Codes, Paper Ballots, and the Struggle for Integrity

This seg­ment address­es the ongo­ing efforts to secure Georgia’s elec­tions, focus­ing on the push for paper bal­lots and the removal of QR codes from bal­lots, which was par­tial­ly achieved through SB189. Despite promis­es that the QR codes would be elim­i­nat­ed before the 2024 elec­tion, Brad Raf­fensperg­er and state law­mak­ers are now con­sid­er­ing whether to spend mil­lions on a soft­ware update or con­tin­ue with the legal man­date to remove the QR codes. The fed­er­al rul­ing that QR codes were unlaw­ful fur­ther com­pli­cates the sit­u­a­tion, with exist­ing laws already in place to safe­guard elec­tions. The seg­ment also high­lights the role of the State Elec­tion Board and a fed­er­al judge’s inter­fer­ence with the board, along­side con­cerns about the integri­ty of vot­ing sys­tems and the sov­er­eign­ty of the Amer­i­can peo­ple. The con­ver­sa­tion extends to issues with vot­er rolls, urg­ing for sys­temic fix­es to address under­ly­ing prob­lems and ensure a secure elec­toral process.

• There is a great group of peo­ple that are work­ing to get our elec­tions secure in Geor­gia. Last year we worked hard to go to paper bal­lots, while we didn’t get the paper bal­lots we did get the QR code off the bal­lots in SB189. The famous out­come was that we were in the mid­dle of an elec­tion cycle to get it removed before the 2024 elec­tion. But was promised it would be removed for the next elec­tion. 
• Brad Raf­fensperg­er spoke to GA law­mak­ers as they were decid­ing whether to spend as much as $66M to remove the com­put­er QR codes from bal­lots or aban­don the idea in favor of a $15M soft­ware update. While we are in year 7 of a 10 year con­tract with our elec­tions being so safe and secure that mon­ey could be used else­where. SB189 is the law, and now Brad Raf­fensperg­er is back­ing away from fol­low­ing the law. In addi­tion a fed­er­al judge is con­firm­ing that the QR code was not law­ful in the first place. We have fed­er­als and state laws that already exist that would secure our elec­tions. 
• You are hear­ing that 2026 is a major elec­tion. All of Georgia’s con­sti­tu­tion­al offi­cers are on the bal­lot. 
• The State Elec­tion Board passed legal rules to secure our elec­tions before the 2024 elec­tion. They were knocked down by the SOS and were knocked out by a judge. 
• The law that is ref­er­enced on the cer­ti­fied legal tape of the elec­tion is a Cana­di­an law. 
• Many of the vot­er machines and sys­tems out there are linked to the same source code that is being used now. Paper bal­lots means bring­ing sov­er­eign­ty back to the peo­ple and secur­ing out elec­tions. If we can’t see our vote our sov­er­eign­ty is gone. 
• The vot­er rolls are anoth­er issue that is an issue. We need to get source of the prob­lem