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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Ossoff- Handel GA6 Hackable Election Results Defy Common Sense we must decide that either every single poll was wrong or that the hackable voting results are wrong. Was the GA6 election hacked
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 11, 2017
State of Georgia Web Site Promotes Kemp Campaign Page Voter GA released a video today that shows how the Georgia Secretary of State (SOS) web site directs traffic to a Kemp for Governor Campaign page on Facebook. The video illustrates how a voter trying to get after hours help is directed to Secretary Kemp's campaign page promoting his bid for governor. The deceptive link has been on the state SOS web page for over 6 months.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Security Flaws Found as Cause of GA6 Election Error An in-depth Root Cause Analysis released today documents how voting equipment security flaws led to the human error that created delays and controversy in producing the 6 th District special election results on April 18th .
From flickr.com: Electronic Voting: is it really counting your vote? The way you intended it to?, From Images
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 23, 2017
Experts Offer SOS Immediate GA6 Verifiable Election Help Ironically, current 6th District candidate Karen Handel produced a 2006 report that explained how the voting equipment, audit procedures and ballot recording must be changed. However, after being elected SOS, she reversed her position while receiving $25,000 in donations from family members and partners of the voting machine vendor lobbyist, Massey Bowers LLC.
Series: Election Integrity (68 Articles, 183055 views), voter disenfranchisement (7 Articles, 13619 views)
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 24, 2011
Machine Flaws, Dubious Results and Deficient Auditing are Key Factors Again in $1.4 billion Cobb SPLOST Tax Levies In a 2005 Cobb SPLOST, and again in the recent 2011 SPLOST, blank voted ballots exceeded the margins of victory. In 2005, the SPLOST appeared on its way to defeat, trailing by several percentage points with just a few precincts left to count. But then unexplained transmission problems and reporting delays were encountered. The next day the SPLOST was declared victorious by a razor thin114 votes out of 39,780.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 18, 2010
VoterGA GA Legislative Update - DRE ban bill, ballot access bills introduced!!! Representative Tim Bearden introduced a bi-partisan bill that would ban existing unverifiable electronic voting equipment in Georgia and provide for Georgia voters to use optical scan voting on Election Day. While many of us have been technology neutral in regards to voting machines, this bill seems to have everything that all E-voting rights activists have wanted. The provisions of this bill are:
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 20, 2009
Three complaints filed against Georgia SoS inspector office The complaints that were filed with the State Inspector General contend that the office improperly handled investigations involving electronic voting machine defects and controversies.One citizen insists that his investigation complaint was lost.Another asserts that an investigation was opened based on his grievances but then shut down without him ever being contacted for input.A third individual argues that she was referred
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 17, 2009
Update on Georgia e-vote lawsuit Last week three separate complaints from three different citizens were filed against the office of the Inspector General for Secretary of State (SOS), Karen Handel. The complaints contend that the office improperly conducted investigations involving electronic voting machine controversies thus suppressing the controversies as a result of flawed investigations.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 15, 2009
Citizens Assail GA Supreme Court Voting Decision Georgia is the only state planning to conduct 2010 elections on unverifiable voting equipment used statewide.The citizens believe that the Georgia justice system may be compromised and their attorneys are considering an appeal of Constitutional issues to the U.S. Supreme Court.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, August 30, 2009
VOTER GA CASE HISTORY AND STATUS Unbeknownst to us, the law at the time required that any new voting machines "shall have an independent audit trail of each vote cast". None of the voting machines procured, piloted, allegedly certified, and acquired with $54 million of tax money had any form of audit trails that are independent of the vote recording process such as standard Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails that were available even at that time.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 21, 2008
Georgia Certified Election Results Missing 130 Votes Davis is also a plaintiff in a lawsuit against GA regarding its use of a certain type of electronic voting equipment.The suit contends that election results cannot be properly verified, audited and recounted.Davis explained,"GA is the only state in the union that plans to conduct future statewide elections on unverifiable voting equipment.It is time for a major overhaul of GA election law,equipment and procedures.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 3, 2008
What you need to know about the $700 billion 2008 bail out In less than one horrible decade an elite banking cartel aided by politicians claiming to represent Americans turned over the American money supply to private interests, implemented a Communist inspired income tax, removed accountability of the federal government to the states, entered the first World War to protect their interests and gobbled up all major American news sources to control public opinion.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 28, 2006
Year-end Appeal for Lawsuit Support "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."Georgia, former Diebold poster child, is well known for being electorally challenged. Enough money to fund this lawsuit could change matters drastically. If you are writing year-end checks, consider also contributing to VoterGA.It could make a difference.

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