Georgians may vote with pen and paper after years of debate and Trump associates’ hacking

The plaintiffs in the case say the system vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that could cost voters their right to cast a vote and have it accurately counted. Photograph: Mike Stewart/AP

A federal trial beginning this week in Atlanta could change the way people vote in this year’s election in a key swing state, and potentially affect voters in other states for years to come.

The trial, six years in the making, pits a non-profit organization and a handful of Georgia voters against the state, claiming that vulnerabilities in the state’s computerized voting machines place a voter’s choices at an unacceptable risk of being altered, infringing on their constitutional rights.