STOLEN?

Georgia Voting Machines Go Missing Ahead of Election

Days before state’s hotly contested special election.

Critical voting machines were reported stolen in Georgia just one day before the state’s special congressional election to fill the House seat vacated by now-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, WSB-TV reports. The devices, called ExpressPoll machines, were reportedly stolen over the weekend from a vehicle owned by a Cobb County precinct manager. “It is unacceptable that the Cobb County Elections Office waited two days to notify my office of this theft,” Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp said in a statement. “We have opened an investigation, and we are taking steps to ensure that it has no effect on the election [Tuesday]. I am confident that the results will not be compromised.” The machines cannot be used to fraudulently vote in the election, said Cobb County Elections Director Janine Eveler. She added that information already on the devices is “hard to access.”