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27 Jul, 5 tweets, 2 min read
After approval by Brian Kemp, the Board of Elections in Morgan County, Georgia, including voting rights champion Helen Butler, was replaced last month. Board Members will all now be selected by the partisan County Commission. by @TheBradBlog #gapol bradblog.com 1/
Butler and the other board members were removed pursuant to local legislation. I previously posted (incorrectly) that they were removed under SB202, another dangerous Georgia bill that includes county takeover provisions. 2/
3/ “Georgia Republicans Purged Black Board Of Elections Members [in Morgan County, Georgia], Witness [Helen Butler] Testifies At Senate Field Hearing” newsone.com/4176282/georgi…
4/ “Besides SB 202, Butler explained the Georgia legislature passed bills to reshape the makeup of boards of elections in Morgan, Troup, and Spaulding counties. Lonnie Hollis, the sole Black election board member in Troup County, was ousted because of the reconstitution.”
5/ “In Georgia, Republicans are removing Democrats of color from local boards. In Arkansas, they have stripped election control from county authorities. And they are expanding their election power in many other states.” nytimes.com/2021/06/19/us/…

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28 Jul
I haven’t read this yet, but will comment when I do. It sure wld be nice if @TheJusticeDept took action re: the destruction of ballot images (public records) in at least 8 Florida counties, including Miami Dade, Palm Beach, Broward, & Seminole. Ordinary citizens shld not have…1/
… to sue election officials to preserve public records. But that’s exactly what’s happening. Where has @TheJusticeDept been all this time?! 2/
This is the lawsuit re the ballot image destruction. In a settlement re 2020, the 8 counties agreed to preserve images of a presidential recount only. There was no presidential recount so no images were saved. 🥵The case is pending re 2022 & beyond. 3/ drive.google.com/file/d/1Oy23Co…
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28 Jul
The findings of @GASecofState’s secret study of Georgia’s controversial new touchscreen voting machines (BMDs) are similar to a 2004 study of DRE’s with so-called Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs), which are now widely disfavored due 2 concerns about verifiability. 1/
Screenshot re the 2004 VVPAT study. 2/ usenix.org/legacy/events/…
.@GaSecofState’s study didn’t even reach the question of what percent of voters will be able to notice and report inaccuracies caused by the BMDs in marking their “paper ballots” for them. But other studies of VVPATS and BMDs suggest the percent is unacceptably low. 3/
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28 Jul
.@GaSecofState study showed that less than 1/2 of voters reviewed machine marked “paper ballots” to confirm the touchscreen voting machines (BMDs) didn’t cheat or err. This is similar to the results of the 2006 study re: DREs & Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails. 1/
Here is a link to my article about DREs and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs). It links to the 2006 VVPAT study. 2/ link.medium.com/BRUmGgHofib
Here is a link to the 2006 VVPAT study in which only 40 percent of voters reviewed the VVPAT to confirm the voting machines didn’t cheat or err. 3/ usenix.org/legacy/events/…
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27 Jul
“The Shelby County [funding] Commission rejected a resolution to purchase [touchscreen] voting machines for a 2d time, sending a resounding message to the Election Commission that they still favor hand-marked paper ballots, not ballot marking devices.” 1/ commercialappeal.com/story/news/loc…
This has been an ongoing battle. The funding commission is led by Democrats, but the Election Commission is led by Republicans. At least one Republican on the funding commission voted with the Democrats this time. 2/ #HandMarkedPaperBallots
Ballot marking devices, which the GOP-led election commission wants to force on this heavily African American county, create all sorts of problems, including longer lines & electronic malfunction. They put the burden on voters to make sure the system didn’t cheat. 3/
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27 Jul
Voting rights champion Helen Butler removed from Board of Elections in Morgan County, Georgia pursuant to local legislation. By @TheBradBlog #gapol 1/ bradblog.com
They were removed pursuant to local legislation. I previously posted (incorrectly) that they were removed under SB202, another dangerous Georgia bill that includes county takeover provisions. 2/
.@dufort_jeanne & @GabrielSterling both corrected me. Nice to know Sterling reads my posts. 3/
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26 Jul
If Ds respond to Sabatini by defending the integrity of Florida’s internet-connected elections, I will tear my hair out. They shld monitor closely, but must NOT pretend Florida elections aren’t suspect. This is an opportunity for Ds to scrutinize FL elections themselves… or 1/
… at least amplify the many legitimate concerns. I believe Broward has a Republican supervisor of elections as well. 2/
I don’t know Sabatini, but if he is a Trump supporter, I doubt his plan is being conducted in good faith. Yes there will be danger. But there is opportunity here too, and the truth matters. The truth is that Florida’s elections are suspect. 3/
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