So to understand these law makers, they don’t trust that the QR codes correctly match the choices someone made but they do trust an ocr scanner to match their choices and not flip the votes? Why don’t they just switch to paper ballot and hand counting if they distrust machines so much.

When Georgia voters cast ballots in person, they use Dominion ballot marking devices, which then print a paper ballot with a QR code and text indicating the voter’s choices. Scanners read the QR code to tabulate ballots. But legislators say voters tell them they distrust the codes because they can’t be sure they’ll match their choices.

That’s not a bad idea all by itself. As someone points out in the article, though, there isn’t enough time to get all the new scanners in place before the next election so the timing will create some chaos. I suspect that, even if the chaos is not one of the main goals, it is at least a bonus.

You know this is one thing I think Texas (or at least San Antonio) has right. When you go to vote you’re given a long card with some info on it (prescient, etc) and a bar code. You slide it in the system and make your choices on screen. You verify your choices and then print them out. From there you can hand audit all your choices since they’re listed in plain text on the card . After that you slide it in a collection machine which scans the info again to tally.

If you ever need a recount, those paper ballots are printed out with your choices that you looked at before final submission, and auditing can ensure that what the machine read counts up to the paper ballots.