Ga. Voting System Suit Should Go to Trial, Group Says
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David Cross spoke to Law360 about the Coalition for Good Governance and a group of voters pushing back against Georgia officials’ attempts to end their suit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s in-person electronic voting system, telling a Georgia federal judge their case should instead proceed to trial.
In its filing opposing the state’s motion for summary judgment, the group argued that state officials have failed to address several of the specific mechanisms by which the voters argue their constitutional rights are violated when they use the state’s in-person voting system, including ballot secrecy claims. The group also said the system requires voters to make selections on large, bright screens, and that state guidance on equipment layout to local officials to improve their privacy has been “singularly ineffective,” with the state either unwilling or unable to fix the problem.
According to David, one of the attorneys representing a group of voters in the case, the facts the suit has uncovered regarding Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s “cavalier attitude toward election security” confirm that Georgia’s ballot-marking device system is “hopelessly insecure” and needs to be replaced soon.
“With the extensive breach in Coffee County two years ago plus other regular security lapses that have all gone unanswered by the secretary, Georgia’s voting system is like a bridge that could fall at any moment and that the state proclaims safe simply because it’s still standing,” David added.
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