BREAKING: Georgia Election Integrity Coalition Calls Out Blue-Ribbon Report as Costly Stall

BREAKING: Georgia Election Integrity Coalition Calls Out Blue-Ribbon Report as Costly Stall

The attached letter is a formal response from the Election Integrity Network’s Georgia Election Integrity Coalition, dated February 2, 2026, addressed to members of the Georgia House of Representatives Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Election Procedures.

It strongly criticizes the committee's final report (released that day) for failing to deliver meaningful election reforms. Despite widespread public support—nearly 1,000 comments, testimonies, and submissions urging hand-marked paper ballots on Election Day (as intended by SB 189 from 2024) and stronger authority/funding for the State Election Board—the report is described as offering no substantive recommendations.

Key criticisms include:

• Recommending an extension of the committee through December 31, 2026, which the letter calls a stall tactic to delay action.
• Endorsing a substituted version of SB 214 that retains QR-coded ballots for advance voting (over 70% of ballots), imposes potentially problematic hand tabulation, sets impossible conditions (e.g., EAC-certified Ballot on Demand printers), and allows the current system to continue indefinitely.

The letter, signed by Julie Adams and supported by numerous Georgia Republican Party leaders, county chairs, and election integrity advocates, concludes that the committee's work has preserved the status quo, disregarded voter demands, and functioned as a costly delay rather than advancing genuine election integrity.

This document serves as a call to action for the General Assembly to pursue real reforms in the 2026 session instead of further postponement.

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