(2) Implement procedures to ensure the machines counted votes accurately on election night.
(3) If discrepancies are found, allow a candidate a race recount at no charge to candidate or other parties.
Currently, the Diebold machines in use do not read or write ballots. Optical scan machines could do that, VoterGA said.
"Did the Framers think a 'ballot' is going to be an electronic record?" Favorito said.
And that's the basis of the first count in the lawsuit. The Georgia Constitution requires a secret ballot. The Official Code of Georgia (OCGA) says this can be an electronic or printed record.
VoterGA says the code passed by the Georgia legislature is inconsistent with the Georgia Constitution.
Webster's Dictionary has defined a ballot as "a ball, ticket, paper, or the like by which one votes" since the time the Constitutional law was written, the VoterGA lawsuit brief says.
"It's a matter of integrity. An honest administration might yield to a dishonest administration in the future," Chandler said.
"What about recounts?" Chandler exclaimed.
"We'll just plug in the machines and see what the machines say? That's what we got the first time." Chandler said.
Meanwhile, there's the issue of the paper trail pilot system: the watered down compromise accepted by the Georgia Legislature in the most recent session.
Legislation did pass the Georgia State Legislature which establishes a 2006 audit trail pilot, VoterGA said. However, only three of over 3000 precincts would have the pilot and the pilot is self-repealing.
And there was another issues on people's minds.
Secretary of Cathy Cox's role continues to be under question since yet another press conference held by Defenders of Democracy discussed the matter a few weeks ago.
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