Year-end Appeal for Lawsuit Support

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Year End Appeal for Lawsuit Support
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> VoterGA supporters,
> Despite our successes this year we will still likely have to litigate
> the suit to achieve the proper audit procedures even if the new board is
> receptive to implementing audit trails. We have not been able to obtain
> professional fund raisers yet and are still hundreds of dollars short
> for our year end legal payment even though several new contributions
> have come in.
> I am asking that you please forward this appeal to those on your mailing
> lists and consider making a donation to carry on this cause if you have
> not already contributed.
> Thank you,
> Garland
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> Dear Voter Ga Supporters,
> We are off to a great start with our landmark lawsuit that is the first
> to challenge an electronic voting method as illegal and unconstiuttional
> under state law. Since July when we filed the lawsuit against Georgia
> voting that cannot be verified, audited or recounted many good things
> have happened:
> * Three candidates, a Democrat, a Republican and an independent
> write-in candidate have agreed to join our suit;
> * The governor requested that the Secretary of State prepare a
> proposal for implementing voter verified paper ballot audit trails;
> * The Secretary of State reversed her position twice that all voting
> machines would have to be replaced to implement secure printers for
> audit trails;
> * All three of our major opponents who blocked statewide voter
> verified paper ballot audit trails were soundly defeated in the 2006
> elections;
> * The Elections Director who adamantly opposed our legislative
> initiatives has resigned and been hired by Diebold;
> * The State Election Board held three public hearings on the flawed
> audit trail pilot and appear suppportive of our cause;
> * An Election Board member publlicly told the AJC that the 2006
> elections will probably be the last held on DRE equipment;
> * We have established a working relationship with the State Eleciton
> Board and they seem willing to listen to us;
> * The incoming Secretary of State met with us bduring her campaign
> and appears willing to address our issues;
> * We have gained national and local media coverage on television,
> radio, newspapers and web based outlets.
>
> We are well on our way to victory in a suit that will take Georgia from
> worst to first nationally in voting system implementation but we still
> have one major roadblock. We must make our next legal payment by the end
> of the year to continue this fight and we are a couple of thousand
> dollars short. Many of you have already generously contributed your time
> and money and I ask you to please spread the word to others who can
> afford to help us in this fight. If you have not made a donation, I ask
> that you please make one this month. Oour lawyer haas given us the best
> possible terms that we could ever have wanted but he and his staff
> cannot work for without some reasonable compensation for the amount of
> hours that this lawsuit will require. As we all have learned, Freedom is
> not free. Please click here
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> ts%20in%20Georgia&no_shipping=0&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonation
> sBF&charset=UTF%2d8> to make a donation or mail your contribution to:
> Voter GA P.O. Box 808 Decatur, Ga. 30031
> We are an all volunteer organization with no paid staff so all money
> that you give will directly offset the legal expenses of preparing a
> suit to restore the integrity of elections in Georgia. The include
> preparation of the suit, preparation for trial and the trial itself. If
> you make a contribution of $100 or more you are entitled to your choice
> of a special video or book as explained on our web site at
> www.voterga.org. We also have a 501C3 application pending to achieve tax
> deductible contribution status. If you have not done so already please
> join the fight to save the principles of democracy in Georgia.
> Thank you,
> Garland
> 404 664-4044 CL

Garland Favorito is a co-founder of VoterGA.

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