Despite increasing scrutiny of Georgia’s voting technology ahead of the 2018 midterms, the state will not join more than a dozen others asking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for

special help protecting its election system from hacks, the Secretary of State’s office confirmed this week. Russia views the upcoming midterms as a potential target for interference, top

U.S. intelligence officials told Congress on Tuesday. In the Georgia Legislature, lawmakers are reviewing multiple bills that would overhaul the state’s voting technology and set up a paper

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