Georgia legislators in 2024 are taking up bills that would ban using instant runoffs for elections, remove the QR code used for paper ballots and give the State Election Board unilateral authority to investigate the secretary of state. (File during 2021 U.S. Senate runoff) John McCosh/Georgia Recorder
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