Georgia lawmakers end annual session without settling conflict on voting machines

Which bills did the Georgia Legislature ultimately pass on Sine Die?

The Georgia Legislature did not adjourn its 2026 session until 1 a.m. Friday, as lawmakers scrambled to pass the state budget and last-minute bills by Sine Die, its April 2 conclusion.  Most of the housing, civil liberties and elections bills that Atlanta Civic Circle has been tracking ultimately stalled. Notably, the Senate and House failed to agree on an election law compromise to extend a July 1 deadline for the state to remove QR codes from …

Georgia lawmakers fail to settle voting machines conflict before end of annual session

The Georgia General Assembly ended its annual session early Friday without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state's voting system by a July deadline, plunging into doubt the future of elections in the political battleground.

Georgia lawmakers end session without resolving voting system dispute

Georgia lawmakers did not delay the required implementation of a new elections system by July before their legislative session ended Friday, raising urgent questions about how votes in the battleground state will be cast and counted in the November midterm elections.

Georgia lawmakers sign off without passing election changes

(The Center Square) – The Georgia General Assembly seemed ready to pass one bill that would change the state's elections but in the end, lawmakers said "sine die" early Friday morning without reaching an agreement.

Georgia's voting system faces chaos after lawmakers fail to act

Georgia lawmakers failed to pass a bill, potentially forcing a rapid switch to hand-marked paper ballots this election year.

Georgia's voting machines will soon be illegal and there's no backup plan

Georgia lawmakers set up the possibility of swift statewide conversion to paper ballots filled out by hand this year when they failed to pass a bill early Friday morning that would have gradually replaced the state’s touchscreen voting system. The Senate’s refusal to vote on the bipartisan elections bill leaves Georgia with computer-generated ballots that […] The post Georgia’s voting machines will soon be illegal and there’s no backup plan appe…