Ballot-image Audit Upholds QR Codes' Accuracy Compared to Paper Ballots

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has long argued that the state's Dominion Voting System machines are more accurate than paper votes. Now he has proof to back up his point.

A first-of-its-kind ballot-image audit done in all 159 counties following last month's elections discovered discrepancies on just 87 of the roughly 5.3 million ballots cast in Georgia on Nov. 5. All but one of the discrepancies happened on hand-marked paper ballots.

"The ballot-image audit shows again that the votes in Georgia were counted accurately, securely, and quickly," Raffensperger said to reporters. "Our system works accurately and can be trusted."

Ballot-image audit upholds accuracy of QR codes

The audit looked at 1,955 races in every Georgia county, including 295 state or federal contests and 1,660 local races.

The lone machine ballot discovered with a discrepancy included a write-in vote in a local contest that was wrongly allocated to a candidate on the ballot.

The audit identified that the QR codes on paper backups to machine ballots were 100% correct.

The usage of QR codes has been criticized as confusing for voters. The General Assembly enacted legislation this year to eliminate QR codes in time for the next election cycle.

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