Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has announced that the state will replace all voting machines in Coffee County in an effort to allay concerns over elections security. Individuals are still being investigated for their role in a 2020 incident, where former county elections officials allowed allies of then-President Donald Trump into the elections office and to access voting software. “The investigation into the former Coffee County election officials who allowed the unauthorized access continues, and anyone who broke the law should be punished to its full extent,” said Raffensperger. “But the current election officials in Coffee County have to move forward with the 2022 election, and they should be able to do so without this distraction and the misinformation surrounding it.” Over the next couple of weeks the county will be receiving ballot-marking devices, printers, precinct scanners, and all new flash cards and thumb drives to be tested and installed before voting begins.
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