1/ I get questions frequently from people who have heard the SOS say that the BMD QR code ballots can be audited to tell who won. I'll explain why he is wrong.

Your BMD ballot vote is stored in the barcode. The text doesn't count. The computer reads only the QR code.
2/ The printer is supposed to print a candidate's name that matches what you entered on the touchscreen and what you hope the QR code symbol stands for. But you don't know whether the name matches the QR code.

So you really don't KNOW who you cast your vote.
3/ That can be overcome IF two unlikely things happen:
--every voter thoroughly and accurately checks before scanning to be sure that the printed list reflects his choices. (Hard to do, to remember all the contests), AND
--there is a thorough post election audit.
4/ Reality --very few people check their ballots before scanning. Therefore those are untrustworthy source documents for auditing.

If you pressed the screen for candidate Sam, but the printout & QR code said "Mary," and you didn't check, then your Mary vote was not intended.
5/ But auditors would never know that you pressed screen for Sam. The official record says Mary. The bug that changed your vote goes undetected. No one knows that your vote was recorded wrong.
6/ Think of it like going to the grocery, selecting a gallon of milk for $4.05. But the barcode is miscoded for organic milk at $4.50.
Most of us would never notice on our grocery receipt that it was $.45 more and said "organic."
7/ But the store recorded a sale of a 1/2 gallon of organic milk, not a gallon of regular milk, and collected your money for organic milk.
The store's official records are for organic milk because the barcode was miscoded.
8/ Only IF you review your receipt will you know that the records are wrong.

But your receipt could be wrong too. The barcode could be for organic milk, but the receipt may say regular milk in the text.

The official record (your vote) was for organic milk! (Which you hate!)
9/ Even if the auditors match up the sales records with the receipts, no one will ever know that you chose regular milk when the records say organic milk.

It's the same way with touchscreen printed ballots.
It takes thorough review by voter and then an audit to catch errors.
10/ It should not be so complicated!!
Just mark a paper ballot with a pen and let it be scanned and audited.
There will be no question about your choice and no one can hack your hand marked ballot.

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More from @MarilynRMarks1

7 Dec
1/ Why hasn't the controversy over the GA election been settled yet?

Because in 2019, the GA legislature voted for a touchscreen voting system that cannot be audited, and no one can ever verify who won any election in which it is used.
2/ We should now all be committed to avoiding a repeat of this chaos and controversy in January.
It is simple, immediate, efficient and cheap!
Ditch the touchscreens and use hand marked paper ballots.
The only purchase needed is some black ball point pens.
3/ Keep the servers and the scanners.
-Give every voter a paper ballot to bubble in their choices.*
-Scan and tabulate the ballots.
-Upload memory cards to server, and generate reports.
-Audit all the races on the ballot.
*Touchscreens available for ADA use.
Read 7 tweets
2 Dec
I'm listening to this craziness from the "Stop the Steal" Powell rally.
The very GA politicians who demanded that they have un-auditable touchscreens are now saying that they need traditional paper ballots--now only because they lost. 1/
2/ They claimed that they want a voting system that is made in the USA. I am not aware of one that does not have foreign made components. What do they plan to buy??

But GA can have 100% accurate trustworthy hand-marked paper ballots, and thoroughly audit the result.
3/ They claim that they will not vote on the Dominion machines.

They don't seem to understand that they can use the system they have and ditch the touchscreens, and use hand marked ballots and fully audit the tallies! All in public sight.
Read 6 tweets
23 Nov
Join us @CoalitionGoodGv in asking St. Elec. Bd. to select hand marked paper ballots for the extremely important January election.
US Senate election should be conducted as an auditable defensible election. Can only be done with hand marked ballots. 1/
bit.ly/CGGtoSEB11_22
2/ The use of hand marked ballots should be desirable for both parties. Reduces avenues for fraud, hacking, and provides the ONLY way to have an auditable outcome.
75% of America votes on hand marked ballots. GA behind the times. New system uses old insecure technology.
3/ Please take a moment and write the State Board ---even a one liner---their meeting is at 8am tomorrow (Monday), but it will not be too late in the next couple of days for them to consider this.
Please write ASAP if you are interested in a secure US Senate election.
Read 4 tweets
22 Nov
1/ While the political world seems focused on the problematic Dominion Voting System's role in GA's elections, some facts rather than conspiracy theories might help all sides to come to a reasonable solution going forward. That is the point of this thread. #Dominion
2/ I'll start with the recommended solution for the Jan. 5 Senate runoffs and support it with the facts and rationale in the thread.
How do I know anything about this? We @CoalitionGoodGv have been suing in fed. court since Aug.2019 to have the system declared unconstitutional.
3/ Simple solution for Senate runoffs. Have a defensible verifiable election with hand marked paper ballots (HMPB) for all voters (exception for voters with disabilities.) No hackable, insecure touchscreen machines. Optical scan for immediate tabulation, then thorough audits.
Read 21 tweets
19 Nov
1/ Seems that @GaSecofState is hinting strongly that indeed Trump campaign will seek a recount now that Raffensperger's ridiculous "all-in-one" counting exercise got everyone warmed up.

I hope press will ask some hard questions about the exercise that is winding down and...
2/ Also seek more accurate information in this next round of ballot counting.
Too many reporters are just buying the SOS contractor's (Sterling's) glib lines without scrutiny.
I'll use this thread to pose some of those questions again.
3/ Knowing that Trump has the right to a recount, which could be a hand recount with a court order, why did SOS put the counties through this additional counting exercise and try to pretend it was legally authorized, calling it "all-in-one?"
Read 5 tweets
17 Nov
1/ Lots of questions should be asked of @GaSecofState, and his GOP colleagues that just put the counties through an incredibly massive effort far from over....

-If you wanted a manual recount, why not seek a court order to get one (which is the law)?
2/ --If GOP wanted more representation in the counting process, why not have a legally compliant manual recount where one member was GOP at each counting table?

--If you wanted to have a manual count control official results, why didn't you conduct a hand recount?
3/ Since you know that you have to report official recount numbers by precinct, why did you use @voting_works non-transparent software Arlo which does not record precincts?
Why did you not have the counters record precinct counts?
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