GREATER GEORGIA TO HOLD SECOND CONSUMER REGISTRATION EVENT
April 18, 2022
This Wednesday, Greater Georgia will hold a consumer registration event at the Adventure Outdoors sporting goods and gun store in Cobb County, to highlight Washington’s anti-Second Amendment agenda as well as the reckless spending that has driven up prices for guns, ammunition, and other outdoor sporting equipment amid historic crime across the country, including in metro Atlanta. This registration drive is the second installment
of a broader registration campaign
to mobilize Georgians at the point of sale and encourage them to take action by participating in the upcoming May primary and November general elections.
“The far-Left is putting Georgians last with inflation that’s making everything from groceries and gasoline, to guns and ammo more expensive - while pushing federal policies that limit our Second Amendment rights,” said former U.S. Senator and Greater Georgia Chairwoman Kelly Loeffler. “Greater Georgia’s latest registration event will help consumers push back against the anti-gun agenda - and empower them to take a stand by registering to vote and supporting pro-2A candidates.”
BACKGROUND
Earlier this year, Vista Outdoor, the leading U.S. manufacturer of ammunition, announced that the Left’s supply chain crisis had caused them to raise prices on ammunition, with ammo prices rising up to 8% for handguns and rifles and nearly 12% for shotguns.
(Tyler Durden, “Ammunition Price Hikes Imminent as Commodity Prices Soar,” InvesBrain, 3/14/22)
The White House has actively worked to restrict 2nd Amendment rights by banning so-called “ghost guns,” attempting to pass red flag laws, and nominating a radical, anti-gun activist to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).
(Michael Balsamo, “Biden to Nominate New ATF Director, Release Ghost Gun Rule,” Associated Press, 4/10/22; Tyler Olson, “Biden Announces Slate of Gun Control Actions, Claims ‘Public Health Crisis,'" Fox News, 4/8/21)
Meanwhile, liberal cities that worked overtime to defund local police departments are now experiencing historic crime rates. In Atlanta, which narrowly escaped a failed measure to defund its police department, homicides are up at least 43% this year while cases of rape are up 236%.
(Audrey Conklin, “Homicides, Rapes in Atlanta Soar Despite Other Decreasing Violent Crime: ‘Feels like “Groundhog Day,'” Fox News, 2/21/22)
Georgia conservatives are standing up to repeated assaults on our 2nd Amendment rights. This month, Georgia passed Constitutional Carry, giving law-abiding citizens more freedom to preserve their right to self-defense. (Sakura Gray, “Constitutional Carry Act Signed into Law: Weapons Carry License not Required, but Useful,” WRBL, 4/13/22)
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January 13, 2026 An Open Letter To the Georgia State Senate and House of Representatives: Georgia stands at a crossroads. Under state law, and thanks to the leadership of both chambers, QR codes must be removed from our ballots by July 1, 2026. The 2026 legislative session is the last realistic opportunity to address this issue clearly and decisively. This session must produce a clear, funded, and fully operational solution with enforceable milestones by the November 2026 general elections, or Georgia risks failing both ballot security and voter confidence on an issue that now enjoys growing bipartisan concern. QR Codes: Not Just a Technicality Voting systems that rely on ballot-marking devices (BMDs) and automatically generate machine-readable QR or barcodes raise a fundamental transparency concern. Under current statewide practice, tabulation relies on machine-readable codes that voters cannot independently verify, even though human-readable text is printed for review. Critics argue that this two-layer design undermines the principle of a fully voter-verifiable ballot. Security researchers and computer scientists have documented plausible attack vectors in such systems — through malicious software, elevated access modes on touchscreen machines, or discrepancies between what is printed and what is ultimately scanned — and their reports and legal testimony underscore the importance of systems voters can directly verify. For that reason, Georgia must transition to fully human-verifiable ballots, supported by strong audits and a robust paper trail, while preserving accessible voting options for voters who need assistance. An Unfunded Mandate Is Not a Plan In the 2025 Legislative Session, Senate Bill 189 established a mandate to eliminate QR-code ballots by July 1, 2026. However, no funding was identified to carry out that mandate, creating the uncertainty Georgia now faces. As a result, voters across Georgia head toward the 2026 midterms with the same QR-code ballots and voting technology that has contributed to public distrust and recurring controversy. The General Assembly has the opportunity and the responsibility to address this in totality during the 2026 session, even if that requires giving election officials additional time to prepare for a new system to be in place by the general elections. No Half-Measures or Unfunded Mandates At Greater Georgia, we will advocate this session for three non-negotiables: 1. A Realistic Timeline and Full Funding Removing QR codes statewide will require financing new ballot-printing, tabulation equipment, testing, training, and implementation. While cost estimates vary, any plan passed in 2026 that lacks full funding, a procurement pathway, and a firm installation timeline invites confusion, risk, and failure. 2. Human-Readable Ballots and Transparency Ballots must be marked or printed in a way voters can read and verify before casting—and counted based on what voters can verify. Systems that rely on barcodes for tabulation place undue trust in machine interpretation and do not resolve the underlying transparency concern. 3. Proper Time for Election Officials to Prepare and Implement Election officials must be given sufficient time and resources to implement a new system competently, though that necessity cannot become a pretext for indefinite delay. Well-run elections are the foundation of trusted election processes. Georgia Must Choose: Action or Inaction As citizens, watchdogs, and advocates for secure and transparent elections, we cannot accept vague promises or unfunded mandates. The law requires the removal of QR codes. Georgia’s voters deserve clarity, accountability, and certainty. If the deadline must move, it should do so only with full funding, a procurement plan, and enforceable milestones before the midterm elections in 2026. We are grateful for the General Assembly’s responsiveness and leadership on this issue and look forward to collaborating to find sensible solutions that will make Georgia’s elections stronger in 2026 and beyond. No shortcuts. No unfunded mandates. Get it done, and get it done right, in the 2026 legislative session.
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