Unbelievable arrogance, disdain coming from the @GaSecofState and State Bd. of Elections this morning as voters tried to express their deep concerns about the new barcode voting system. SOS blew then off, gave them strictly 2 min each to speak--as if this topic is unimportant. 👇
2. He claimed that the reexamination requested by 1,450 citizens is "wasteful" and will not change the implementation plan in any way. That means that he has prejudged the outcome. He's going to skip steps and ignore the law again. The system cannot pass muster in an honest test.
3. He also claimed that petition signers would pay for the reexamination. He wants us to pay for him to do his job, when he did a completely shoddy job that failed to comply with the law when he certified on August 9. Just crazy!!
4. The St. Board seemed unconcerned and gave concerned voters the minimum time possible to speak about the problems with the voting system. They, like the GA lawmakers, simply want to cram this system through apparently because they KNOW that it can be manipulated.
5. That is the only reason officials would mandate this expensive hackable technology for all voters. They have been warned repeatedly about its vulnerabilities. Looks like the only solution will be in the Courts.
We filed formal request with St. Elec. Bd. today to require manual recounts as GA Law requires.
See our press release explaining the proposal. 1/
⬇️ conta.cc/3Wa9c8y
2/ GA law requires hand counts for recounts, and the law should be followed, particularly as some 2024 contests could be close and need scrutiny.
Touchscreen-generated ballots will still NOT BE TRUSTWORTHY, but at least the "official" vote--the printed text-- will be counted.
3/ In 2020, when Sec. Raffensperger ran the St. Elec. Bd., they adopted a Recount Rule that defied the law, by causing recounts to be machine (QR code) counted, when law requires manual recounts.
It's time to stop ignoring the law enacted by the 2019 General Assembly.
Today, @CoalitionGoodGv and @FSFP filed a complaint urging the GA St. Elec. Bd. to immediately investigate a potential voting system breach in Bibb County, GA.
We don't have many details, but with the equipment being prepared now for the upcoming primary, this merits attention!
2/ We asked SEB to immediately investigate computer scientist's claims that he had forensically examined "voting system components" in Bibb County. (He provably did so in Coffee County.)
3/ We asked SEB to fulfill its duty to investigate independently, and not send the complaint to the SOS, where such election security issues go to die.
As noted in the letter, a SOS investigator admitted at trial that he was told to "hold off" investigating Coffee.
2/ The link above is our news update and links to plaintiffs' response to Raffensperger's appeal of the court order to testify.
It is a good read. (Not a dry legal brief.) Here is the brief itself-- …altionforgoodgovernance.sharefile.com/d-sc6e01a18549…
3/ Raffensperger seems to have a hard time "walking the talk." In his book he writes that the truth comes out under oath in courts, where the "ultimate fact check" occurs.
( A fact-check he wants to avoid about Coffee County and voting system security.)
2/ The breaches occurred in Jan 2021. Raffensperger says that they were alerted shortly afterward and his investigators were "digging and digging." But he says they were lied to.
Is that why SOS has no files showing any investigation?
3/ No one has been able to explain why the SOS told the court that he opened the investigation in February 2022 (a year after the breaches) but still no meaningful investigation files were created.
SOS and St. Elec. Bd. never interviewed one person or requested one document.
This "letter of invitation" from Coffee will be interesting. I hope it surfaces soon.
🧵here on what we @CoalitionGoodGv know and don't know about that.
(Learned through discovery in our Curling case.) 1/
2/ We first l learned that "written invitation" existed when we obtained text messages from SullivanStrickler, the forensics folks that Powell paid $26K to go copy the state's software in Coffee.
3/ We know that Eric Chaney (Coffee Bd. Member) told Misty to get out the letter (Dec. 31, 2020)
In stories today by @CNN and @11AliveNews , (linked below) and many stories they spawned, text messages among the Sidney Powell/Trump team are featured.
If you want to see those messages and how we @CoalitionGoodGv unearthed them, see 🧵below. 1/