Secretary Of State Wants Voting With New Machines To Be Enjoyable

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told Oconee County Republicans last month that he wants the experience of voting with the newly rolled-out equipment at the presidential primary on March 24 to be equivalent to a positive experience at a fast food restaurant.

“We want it to be a great experience, just like when you go to Chick-fil-A,” Raffensperger said. “Who’s ever had a bad experience there? It’s like one in a billion. That’s the kind of experience we want voters in Georgia to have.”

Raffensperger was one of two featured speakers at the Oconee County Republican Party meeting at the end of January.

Mike Dudgeon, policy director for the Office of Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan, was the other speaker, and he called his boss “a deep-committed, faith based conservative Republican.”

“So one of the biggest things that he wants to focus on that the government has screwed up is healthcare,” Dudgeon said.

Dudgeon said his office is working on ways to produce more transparency in drug pricing, opening up opportunities for telemedicine, and getting government to share data it has with private companies to improve health care delivery.

For more on the story, with a video of the entire meeting, please go to Oconee County Observations.