Fresh Podcast: Georgia’s Special Session Ends, but not without Drama Over QR Codes, Property Taxes
Georgia’s special legislative session is over, but the fight over election law, property taxes, and the future of Republican leadership at the Gold Dome is just getting started.
Scot Turner is joined by Peach Pol editorial director Maya Prabhu for a behind-the-scenes breakdown of the special session’s high drama, backroom negotiations, and occasional tomfoolery. They unpack SB 3EX, Georgia’s QR-code voting deadline, the commission tasked with developing a future voting-system recommendation, expanded risk-limiting audits, and the Senate’s surprise push for broader hand counts.
Scot and Maya also discuss Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s sharp response to claims that he caused the QR-code crisis, the political fight over local property-tax referenda, and why the relationship between the Georgia House and Senate may be in worse shape than ever.
Then they turn to the final days of Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones’s tenure: his loss to Rick Jackson, the pending Jones Petroleum lawsuit, Greg Dolezal’s role in the special-session drama, Josh McLaurin’s general-election positioning, and what Burt’s comments about a possible November redistricting session may have meant.
In this episode:
- Georgia special session recap and SB 3EX
- QR codes, Dominion voting machines, and the path to 2028
- Hand-count recounts and risk-limiting audits
- Brad Raffensperger pushes back
- Greg Dolezal, Josh McLaurin, and the lieutenant governor’s race
- Property taxes, local referenda, and Georgia turnout politics
- Burt Jones’s final days as lieutenant governor
- Redistricting, Rick Jackson, and the growing House-Senate trust problem
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