ATLANTA (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers continued to press Wednesday for changes to protect Georgia's voting system from security weaknesses, but a deputy to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger accused them of acting in bad faith and promoting lies that Georgia's 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.
The dispute with some Republicans in the state Senate stems from vulnerabilities in Dominion Voting Systems equipment identified by J. Alex Halderman, an expert witness in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Georgia’s election system.
Halderman has said he's seen no evidence the vulnerabilities were exploited to change the outcome of past elections.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency last year published an advisory based on those findings that urges election officials to take steps to mitigate the risks “as soon as possible.”
Officials in Raffensperger's office, including Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling, argued Wednesday that the office is working to solve the defects. However, they say it's impractical to update all 40,000 electronic voting machines and scanners statewide before the 2024 election cycle begins. That's because none of those machines are connected to the internet, and software has to physically be installed by hand on each one.
“We take security very seriously. We’re taking responsible steps to keep our elections secure," Sterling said at a news conference Wednesday.
Raffensperger's office argues that the...
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