Running the race: Election administrators feel the impact of overhauled election laws

State lawmakers have been overhauling and fine-tuning Georgia election laws for the last three years hoping to regain voter trust in the state’s election process after a contentious 2020 election.

But restoring that trust is placing burdens on administrators and staff who oversee local elections.

Cherokee County spent $30,000 on paper ballots this year but now must destroy that batch and purchase watermarked paper ballots. The change is due to a state law that will...