Georgia's system takes electronic inputs, then prints a paper ballot with all votes listed and a QR code with all that info. You deposit that paper ballot into a drop box and it is scanned as it passes through.
So, while the information is wholly digital, there is a physical backup that it can be checked against in the case of a hand recount.
There's not one because the headline is wrong.
A hand count has not been called.
A hand count has been called for by Trump's team.
The Secretary of State has not agreed to it.
How can there be a hand count? GA has 100% electronic ballots.
Georgia's system takes electronic inputs, then prints a paper ballot with all votes listed and a QR code with all that info. You deposit that paper ballot into a drop box and it is scanned as it passes through.
So, while the information is wholly digital, there is a physical backup that it can be checked against in the case of a hand recount.
So I wonder if these print out before or after the code "glitch" takes place, per vote