Monday’s meeting of the Georgia State Election Board will provide the Board with an opportunity to take an important step toward further ensuring the integrity of elections in Georgia. In so doing, the Board will enhance Georgians' confidence in election administration and contribute to their sense that election results will truly and properly represent the consent of the governed as expressed in that election.

Under current law in Georgia – to wit, GA Code §21-2-493(b), “Computation, Canvassing, and Tabulation of Returns; Investigation of Discrepancies in Vote Counts … “ – election officials are required to “compare the registration figure with the certificates returned by the poll officers showing the number of persons who voted in each precinct or the number of ballots cast.” If the number of votes returned on any question is larger than the number of registered voters in the precinct, or larger than the number of persons who voted, or larger than the number of votes cast, then the superintendent is required to conduct an investigation, and “no votes shall be recorded from such precinct until an investigation........

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