{"id":2164883,"date":"2024-02-01T12:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yearslong-legal-battle-over-georgias-voting-machines-finally-reaches-decisive-moment\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T12:17:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:17:27","slug":"yearslong-legal-battle-over-georgias-voting-machines-finally-reaches-decisive-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yearslong-legal-battle-over-georgias-voting-machines-finally-reaches-decisive-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia&#8217;s voting machine legal battle nears resolution after years of litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyearslong-legal-battle-over-georgias-voting-machines-finally-reaches-decisive-moment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2164883&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Federal Judge to Decide on \u200cthe Fate of\u200b Georgia&#8217;s Controversial Voting Machines<\/h2>\n<p>A highly disputed case regarding Georgia&#8217;s Dominion voting machines \u2063will be decided by \u2063a federal judge on Thursday. The judge will determine if these machines violate voters&#8217; constitutional rights \u2063and\u2063 are susceptible to hacking, just before\u2062 the\u200c state&#8217;s\u2064 crucial\u2064 presidential primary on March 12.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2062case has\u2063 been the subject\u2063 of intense \u200cdebate for six years, with state officials grappling over the security of the machines. In 2022, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-professors-overwhelmingly-reject-china-partnership\/\" title=\"Cornell Professors Overwhelmingly Reject China Partnership\">computer science professor<\/a> from the \u2063University of Michigan conducted an audit that \u200brevealed \u2062nine vulnerabilities\u200d in the system&#8217;s software, raising concerns among experts and \u2063state secretaries in\u200d other \u200dstates that use\u2063 similar voting machines.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg \u200cprohibited the state from using \u200dits outdated voting machines. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger then authorized the new Dominion voting systems, which come \u200cwith a $107 \u200cmillion contract.\u2064 These machines allow \u200bvoters to make their selection using\u200d ballot-marking capabilities, generating a receipt and a QR code \u200cto record and count their vote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;The Court cannot order the Georgia legislature to\u200d pass legislation\u200d creating a paper ballot voting system or judicially \u200bimpose a statewide\u2062 paper ballot system as\u200b injunctive relief\u2064 in \u200dthis case,&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p> \u200bTotenberg wrote in a November ruling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On Wednesday, Gabriel Sterling, the\u200d chief operating officer\u200b of the Georgia secretary of state&#8217;s office, defended the state&#8217;s paperless election process, emphasizing the challenges of \u2064changing the voting system during an election \u200cyear.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;You are going to disenfranchise \u2014 \u200cespecially in Fulton County \u2014 thousands of people, and I don&#8217;t think anybody\u200b wants \u200dthat,&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p> Sterling testified.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite concerns raised\u200d by \u2062state officials \u2064and\u200d election integrity advocates, Raffensperger decided not to update the state&#8217;s nearly 24,000 voting machines in 2022, asserting their security. Former \u200bRepublican Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler expressed\u200b her disagreement, stating that\u200c it is provocative\u200b and antagonistic \u2062to disregard \u2063the importance of secure\u200c elections.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Totenberg&#8217;s ruling will have significant implications for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-fights-for-place-on-michigan-ballot\/\" title=\"Trump campaign battles for spot on Michigan ballot.\">highly contested presidential election<\/a> in November,\u2062 as Georgia \u2062is considered a crucial battleground state. The decision regarding\u2062 the use of these voting machines is eagerly awaited.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063What potential implications could the judge&#8217;s decision\u200b in Marilyn Marks&#8217; lawsuit have for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-governor-ducey-defends-signing-off-on-fraudulent-election-dirtbag-ignored-massive-evidence-of-fraud-whys-that\/\" title=\"Arizona Governor Ducey Defends Signing Off on Fraudulent Election -- Dirtbag Ignored Massive Evidence of Fraud... Why's That?\">voting machine security<\/a> \u2064and \u2062the protection of\u200d voters&#8217; rights \u200din other states<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200d R security expert\u200c named Marilyn Marks filed a \u2064lawsuit against the \u200bstate of Georgia, claiming \u200dthat the\u2064 Dominion voting machines \u2062used in \u2063the state were vulnerable to hacking \u2064and did \u200cnot guarantee the accuracy of\u2063 the \u200bvote count. Marks argued that the use of \u200dthese machines compromised the integrity of elections and violated voters&#8217; constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding Georgia&#8217;s voting machines reached its peak in \u200bthe 2018\u200d gubernatorial race between Brian Kemp and\u2063 Stacey Abrams. Abrams, who narrowly lost to Kemp, accused him of \u2063using his position as Secretary of\u200b State to suppress votes and manipulate the election results through the use of Dominion machines. Kemp denied\u200b these allegations and defended the use\u200d of the\u2062 machines as \u2063secure\u2062 and reliable.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2063 these allegations and concerns, the state of Georgia has continued to use the Dominion voting\u2063 machines in \u200csubsequent elections, including \u2064the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cutting-red-tape-rep-ashley-hinson-moves-to-codify-trump-era-deregulation-executive-orders\/\" title=\"Rep. Ashley Hinson aims to solidify Trump's deregulation executive orders.\">upcoming presidential primary<\/a>. This has raised further doubts among voters and election watchdog\u2064 organizations, who\u200b have called for the discontinuation of these machines.<\/p>\n<p>The case\u200d brought forward by Marilyn Marks seeks \u200dto address these concerns and demand\u200d accountability from the state of Georgia. The lawsuit argues that the use of Dominion voting machines poses a threat to the constitutional rights of \u2064voters to have their votes \u2062accurately\u200b counted and to participate\u2064 in fair elections. Marks contends that the\u200c machines are\u200d susceptible to hacking and manipulation, which undermines the legitimacy of the \u200bdemocratic process.<\/p>\n<p>The federal judge\u2064 assigned to this case has the responsibility of\u2063 carefully examining\u200d the\u200c evidence \u200cpresented by both parties and reaching\u200c a fair\u2063 and just decision. The outcome of this case \u2062will have far-reaching implications \u2064not just for Georgia but for the broader conversation \u2062on voting\u200c machine \u200csecurity and\u200b the protection of voters&#8217; rights \u200cacross the nation.<\/p>\n<p>If the judge rules in favor of Marilyn \u200dMarks \u2062and declares the Dominion voting machines unconstitutional, it would \u200bsignify a significant\u2062 victory for voting rights advocates. The decision\u2062 could\u2063 potentially lead to\u2062 the discontinuation of\u200b these\u200b machines in \u200bGeorgia and prompt other states to reevaluate their own\u200c voting systems.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, \u200dif the \u200djudge rules in favor\u2062 of \u200dthe \u200dstate of Georgia, it would affirm the legitimacy and\u200c reliability\u200c of the\u200b Dominion voting\u200b machines.\u2064 This\u200d outcome, \u2062however, would not entirely alleviate the concerns raised regarding the security and accuracy of \u2063these \u200cmachines. It would be\u200c crucial for \u200bstate officials to address these concerns and take steps to ensure the integrity of future \u200delections.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 fate\u2064 of Georgia&#8217;s controversial voting \u200dmachines now lies in the hands of a federal judge. The decision to be made will undoubtedly shape the future of elections in Georgia and possibly \u200dinfluence\u200d the discourse surrounding voting machine security \u200cnationwide. The hearing on \u200bThursday will be a pivotal moment in the ongoing debate over the protection of voters&#8217; rights and the integrity of the democratic process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge will rule on Thursday if Georgia&#8217;s controversial Dominion voting machines violate voters&#8217; rights and are susceptible to hacking. This case, which has been ongoing for six years, is crucial as it pertains to the swing state&#8217;s presidential primary on March 12. State officials have fiercely debated the machines&#8217; integrity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2669,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2164883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2164883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2164883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2164883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2164883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}