Georgia Can Use Old Voting Machines in 2019, Judge Orders (1)

Georgia will be able to use its current voting machines instead of paper ballots for this year’s municipal elections as a federal judge delivered a setback to groups that want to scrap a system they say is unreliable.

The decision comes as part of a two-year-old lawsuit challenging the voting machines as error-prone, vulnerable to hackers, and difficult to audit for accuracy.

Although the state is already in the midst of converting to new machines that it says will be more secure, plaintiffs are pressing for the use of hand-marked paper ballots.

Voting rights advocates did get a partial win ...