Electronic voting machines clear hurdles in Georgia House

Georgia voters could soon get new electronic touchscreen voting machines that print a paper ballot under fast-moving legislation approved Thursday by a House subcommittee and then by the full committee.

The full committee vote split 13 to 6 along party lines, with Republicans in support.

Nearly seven hours of public testimony preceding the votes was at times raucous, with a packed room of citizens and activists often cheering or hissing at speakers, and the chairman pausing proceedings several times.

The proposal comes three months after a highly contentious race for...