Policy Alert

New Voting Technologies in Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections

EPDE

Georgia is scheduled to hold much-anticipated parliamentary elections on October 26, 2024. This time around 90 percent of Georgian citizens will vote in polling stations using electronic means: special voter verification equipment will be used to check voter identity; voters will fill in paper ballots and feed the ballot into optical ballot scanners. The author - Tamara Sartania - provides insights into the experience of using voting technologies in Georgia, legal framework, public information campaigns, and opinions of observer organizations.

 

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