by Marilyn Marks | Aug 18, 2026 | The Forum
Imagine using the touchscreen voting machine, making your choices, and scanning your anonymous ballot into the ballot box—only to learn later that the state’s scanner placed a traceable tracking number on the electronic ballot record. Yes, that is what happens...
by Marilyn Marks | Jun 30, 2026 | The Forum
Special legislative sessions are supposed to resolve urgent problems. Georgia’s latest special session instead postponed one deadline, created new statutory conflicts, and left county election officials, the State Election Board, and perhaps the courts to...
by Marilyn Marks | Jun 16, 2026 | The Forum
The special session that almost nobody wanted is about to begin. The greatest danger is not that lawmakers will do too little. It’s that they will do too much. Specifically, they may be pressured into making a rushed, unnecessary $150 million decision about...
by Marilyn Marks | Jun 9, 2026 | The Forum
If you thought Georgia’s vote counting policies couldn’t get any more controversial, think again. On June 2, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office directed counties conducting the July 28 Congressional District 13 special election to use a radically...
by Marilyn Marks | Mar 4, 2026 | The Forum
If you’ve been following Georgia’s election policy debates over the past month, you might assume that something meaningful is being done to secure the 2026 elections. After all, we’ve seen press releases and social media posts. We’ve seen committee...
