Last week, the Democracy Defense Project, a group of former Georgia governors and officials, launched a media campaign to assure Georgia voters that our election system is safe and secure. They claim voting machines are reliable and verifiable. However, they are either misinformed or misleading the public. Georgia has an election system that is “tore up from the floor up”. Let’s review the facts and the evidence.

Ongoing Court Case on Unsecure Electronic Voting

Georgians are waiting for a decision from Judge Amy Totenberg on the case Curling vs. Raffensperger. This case, which started seven years ago, called for the removal of the old Diebold voting machines and now includes the newer Dominion machines. During the trial, an expert witness hacked an election machine in front of the judge using just a pen. The Secretary of State’s (SOS) office admitted they have outsourced cybersecurity. Judge Totenberg has previously ruled that the voting system is unverifiable and breaks two Georgia laws. Despite warnings from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies, no updates have been made in four years. We’re still using the same machines, and even Governor Kemp admitted “you give anyone a voting machine and they can hack it”.

Election Law Violations

Recently, the Georgia State Election Board reviewed case #SEB2023-025, which found over 140 violations of Georgia Election Code by Fulton County in the 2020 election. They recommended a criminal investigation. Board member Dr. Janice Johnston said the election should not have been certified. The best the board could do was reprimand Fulton County and appoint a monitor. The Georgia GOP State Committee also reprimanded the board and demanded action from the Attorney General. It’s unclear if the board will reopen the case.

SOS Malfeasance and Voter Roll Manipulation

In the Lovell/Tullos et al vs. Raffensperger case, plaintiffs argued that Georgia election officials failed to follow laws and duties regarding elections. Two amicus briefs were filed as evidence. The Coovert brief showed that the SOS never conducted a 2020 machine audit as claimed. The Brooks/Strahl brief found evidence of massive synthetic identity theft and voter roll manipulation over the past ten years. This manipulation continued in 2022 and is happening now in 2024, involving tens of thousands of fraudulent voter roll changes summarized in this fraud report.

What Can Citizens Do?

There is a lot of evidence showing problems with Georgia’s election system, but not all court cases have been tried, and not all legal arguments have been heard. Georgia voters are still being injured and rights are being violated by this flawed system. Our judicial, executive, and legislative systems seem compromised as they have failed to address these issues. What can citizens do? Get informed, get the facts, and get engaged. We must hold accountable the officials who have violated the law and the public trust. This is the only way to restore election integrity and confidence in Georgia. Change will only happen if YOU get involved.

Field Searcy is co-founder of GeorgiansForTruth.org, a grassroots volunteer effort to bring election integrity to Georgia elections.

UPDATE 6.29.2024 – Official email from Georgia GOP below in PDF format.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cairo, GA (June 6, 2024)
 – At the Georgia Republican Party State Committee meeting preceding the state convention held on May 18th, a resolution introduced by Sam Carnline, co-founder of GeorgiansForTruth.org and Georgia GOP State Committeeman, was passed unanimously by the committee members. The resolution expresses grave concerns over irregularities in the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County that were outlined in case #SEB2023-025 discussed by the Georgia State Election Board on May 7, 2024. Over 140 violations of Georgia Election Code were cited in the case. As detailed by State Election Board Member Dr. Jan Johnston, the irregularities included:

  • 17,852 certified votes lacking ballot images or unidentified sources
  • 20,713 votes with no identifiable source tabulator
  • Failure to properly amend election records and audit totals

Notably, the margin of victory in the 2020 Georgia presidential election was just over 11,000 votes. Dr. Johnston stated that the Fulton County election results should not have been certified and motioned for the State Election Board to take the following actions:

  • Amend all election records and Risk Limiting Audit totals to reflect the correct totals
  • Request the Secretary of State to invalidate 17,852 certified votes that have no ballot images or identify and authenticate the source of the ballots for those votes
  • Request the Secretary of State to expunge the 20,713 votes that have no source tabulator or to authenticate where the votes originated
  • Refer the evidence to the Attorney General for investigation and prosecution
  • Recommend a monitor team to oversee the 2024 election in Fulton County

However, the State Election Board failed to enforce election laws and address these irregularities except with a mere reprimand. The resolution passed by the Georgia GOP State Committee:

  • Expresses grave concerns over the 2020 Fulton County election irregularities
  • Supports Dr. Johnston’s motions to address these violations
  • Calls for reprimand of the State Election Board for failure to uphold laws
  • Demands the Georgia Attorney General investigate these matters
  • Recommends stringent 2024 election monitoring in Fulton County

“With a razor-thin margin of just over 11,000 votes deciding the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, the irregularities in Fulton County simply cannot be ignored,” said Carnline. “The Georgia Republican Party will not stand by while evidence of election violations is disregarded by the very authorities meant to uphold election integrity.” The resolution will be distributed as a press release to all media outlets in Georgia, with copies provided to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and members of the Georgia General Assembly.

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Resolution on 2020 Election Irregularities in Fulton County

WHEREAS, the Georgia State Election Board discussed case #SEB2023-025 on May 7, 2024, outlining over 140 violations of the Georgia Election Code by Fulton County in the November 2020 election; and

WHEREAS, State Election Board Member Dr. Jan Johnston detailed:

  • 17,852 certified votes lacking ballot images or unidentified sources
  • 20,713 votes with no identifiable source tabulator
  • Failure to properly amend election records and audit totals

WHEREAS, Dr. Johnston motioned to amend records, invalidate or authenticate problematic votes, refer evidence for investigation, and recommend monitors for 2024 Fulton elections; and

WHEREAS, the State Election Board failed to enforce election laws and address these irregularities;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Georgia Republican Party:

  1. Expresses grave concerns over the 2020 Fulton County election irregularities
  2. Supports Dr. Johnston’s motions to address these violations
  3. Calls for reprimand of the State Election Board for failure to uphold laws
  4. Demands the Georgia Attorney General investigate these matters
  5. Recommends stringent 2024 election monitoring in Fulton County

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to distribute this resolution as a press release to all media, and provide copies to Georgia’s Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and General Assembly members.

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