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Timothy Pratt in Atlanta

UNBELIEVABLE: Touchscreen out pen and paper in georgia trial could change voting rules - Caught on Camera

The plaintiffs in the case say the system vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that could cost voters their right to cast a vote and have it accurately counted.
The plaintiffs in the case say the system vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that could cost voters their right to cast a vote and have it accurately counted. Photograph: Mike Stewart/AP

A federal trial beginning this week in Atlanta could change the way people vote in this year’s election in a key swing state, and potentially affect voters in other states for years to come.

The trial, six years in the making, pits a non-profit organization and a handful of Georgia voters against the state, claiming that vulnerabilities in the state’s computerized voting machines place a voter’s choices at an unacceptable risk of being altered, infringing on their constitutional rights.

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