Secure the Vote trailer at Liberty County in January

(Atlanta)  – The Liberty County Elections Office is partnering with the Office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to bring the Secure the Vote trailer to Hinesville and Midway on Saturday, January 11, 2020.                  

“This is part of our statewide initiative to ensure voters have the opportunity to test drive our new secure, paper ballot system,” said Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who launched Secure the Vote Dec. 5. “Liberty County is home to the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi, we want to make sure our soldiers, their families and all Georgians are ready to cast a ballot in the 2020 elections.”

The Secure the Vote trailer visits are scheduled Saturday, January 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hinesville Health Clinic, 1113 East Oglethorpe Highway, Hinesville, GA  31313 and 2 p.m. to    5 p.m. at Liberty County Community Complex 9397 East  Oglethorpe Highway, Midway, GA 31320. Secretary of State elections staff and voting ambassadors will also be available to answer general questions about using the machines.  

Secure the Vote is an inclusive, broad-based education initiative effort to show people in all walks of life, in every corner of the state, what to expect when they begin voting in 2020 from the paper-ballot system. Georgia is replacing all of its first-generation electronic voting machines with the paper-ballot system, the largest rollout of voting equipment in U.S. history.

Voters make their choices by pressing a touchscreen, then print their ballot where they can confirm their selections before casting the ballot at the ballot box. The paper ballots can be audited and recounted. Paper ballots will be used across the  state in the March 24 Presidential Preference Primary. Their first use  in Georgia was during last month’s municipal elections in six pilot counties.

Secure the Vote operates a website with information about the new system and a short video demonstration at  SecureVoteGA.com.  It  also has a team of voter education coordinators fanned out across the state conducting demonstrations at  faith-based organizations, civic clubs and other gatherings.

The Secretary of State is Georgia’s chief election officer and has the mission to help ensure secure and accurate elections. County election officials run the actual elections and handle voter registration.