FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JAN. 21, 2022 NEW QUESTIONS ARISE OVER SECRETARY OF STATE'S NO-BID, $3.5M DEAL ATLANTA – This week, the Georgia Secretary of State's office announced that it has awarded a $3.5-million contract to a technology company for new voter registration software. The contract, which was awarded in a no-bid process, will put the company in charge of verifying the voting eligibility of Georgians at the polls – a critical component of Election Day infrastructure. The Secretary of State's office has previously touted the importance of transparency in elections. But the recent decision to hand over a major state contract without any kind of competitive bidding process, for a product that will be instrumental to our elections, raises serious questions. After a tumultuous election year that has robbed millions of their confidence in Georgia elections, voters have the right to know: why did the Secretary of State's office refuse to open up a standard bidding process for this particular government contract? Why did they choose to knowingly award a multimillion-dollar contract for critical election infrastructure to a vendor with a history of opposing Georgia's election laws? The Secretary of State's office hand-picked a vendor in a closed-door, no-bid deal. The voters of this state will never know how the deal came to be, whether this vendor offers the best possible services, or if the company will be able to impartially manage our elections. The Secretary of State's office should aspire to the highest degrees of integrity, not the lowest possible standards. If Georgians are to believe in their elections again, and to have confidence that their votes count, the Secretary of State's office must pull back the curtain – and begin conducting their dealings with the full transparency that our voters deserve. ### Media Contact: [email protected] Paid for by Greater Georgia Action, Inc. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. www.GreaterGeorgia.com ‌ ‌ ‌ Greater Georgia | P.O. Box 550988, Atlanta, GA 30355 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!