(The Center Square) – Georgia Reps. Tim Fleming and Victor Anderson are asking for a test of hand-marked ballots ahead of the 2026 midterms.

The two sent a letter to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Tuesday, asking him to implement the test during the Nov. 4 Public Service Commission election and Dec. 5 runoff for local elections.

The Georgia General Assembly passed a law in 2024 that would eliminate the use of QR codes in 2026 for counting ballots, which could force election officials to use only hand-marked ones.

"It is evident that the state is at risk of missing this important statutory deadline," Fleming, R-Covington, and Anderson, R-Cornelia, wrote in the letter published by the Georgia Republican Party on social media. "For that reason, we believe it is imperative to

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