[ale] [OT] Update on the VoterGA Voting Rights Law Suit

[Richard Bronosky]

I think clearly demonstrates a market opportunity. I'm developing a
system that will allow voters to cast their votes subliminally just by
walking through a body-scanner-like device. It will completely solve
the problem of long lines at the polls and offer the same level of
accountability. So, you see, we should all stop crying about justice
and capitalize on the opportunity.

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.!# RichardBronosky #!.



On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:10 PM, aaron <aaron at pd.org> wrote:
> Earlier this month the Georgia Supreme Court handed down
> a decision in the VoterGA lawsuit challenging the
> constitutionality of Georgia's zero-evidence,
> unaccountable electronic voting systems.
>
> I'm not a lawyer, nor have I ever had the faintest desire
> to even think about playing one on TV, but after discussing
> the published decision with a couple of qualified legal
> professionals, it seems that the Georgia court rulings
> boil down to two essential points.
>
> The most critical issue upheld against the VoterGA appeal
> was the ruling from the Georgia Superior court judge,
> Michael D. Johnson, that the plaintiff's had "no standing"
> in the case.  The [insane and circular] foundation of
> this decision is that, because THE ELECTION SYSTEM IS
> INCAPABLE OF PROVIDING EVIDENCE THAT THE PLAINTIFF'S
> VOTES WERE NOT COUNTED, then they can not show evidence
> that their constitutional right to vote has been infringed,
> and thus THEY HAVE NO GROUNDS TO FILE SUIT CHALLENGING
> THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF AN ELECTION SYSTEM THAT IS
> INCAPABLE OF PROVIDING EVIDENCE THAT ANYONE'S VOTE IS
> EVER COUNTED.
>
> Yes, you heard it right. Catch 22 with a vengeance.
> In essence, the judges of the Georgia Supreme court
> have now ruled that no Georgia citizen can challenge
> the legality and constitutionality of a voting system
> that produces no evidence and provides no accountability
> because the voting system produces no evidence and
> provides no accountability which would show just cause
> for a legal challenge.
>
> Perhaps the biggest motivation behind this irrational
> Catch 22 decision is that it allows the Georgia courts
> t completely evade their own accountability in the
> case. It effectively renders all other counts,
> challenges and evidence from the suit moot, even the
> sworn testimony where the State's expert witnesses
> admit that, in the absence of paper ballots, it is
> impossible to determine or verify if these electronic
> voting systems have ever produced accurate vote counts
> and election results. These are, of course, the same
> handful of "experts" whose Georgia Assembly testimony
> convinced the State to install zero evidence vote fraud
> systems in the first place and whose facilities have
> since received millions of our tax dollars to promote,
> test, promote, certify and promote the machines that
> they now admit under oath to be totally dysfunctional.
>
> If your head hasn't exploded yet, just wait. There's
> more...
>
> Even though the "no standing" ruling should render
> any and all counts of the law suit irrelevant, the
> vague and mysterious mechanics of our obfuscated
> U.S. legal system apparently allow the judges to
> pick and choose among the counts of a suit that
> was dismissed on grounds and then pronounce binding
> judgments based on them.
>
> The handful of specific counts and challenges that
> the Supreme Court cherry picked for consideration
> in the VoterGA suit primarily questioned the State's
> rights and responsibilities in selecting and
> implementing our voting systems.
>
> The Supreme Court's decisions on these counts
> affirms and establishes that the Secretary of State
> and the Georgia Assembly can implement any voting
> system they choose to, regardless of how functional
> or dysfunctional it may be. Based on Georgia's
> current electronic vote fraud machines, this must
> include voting systems that produce absolutely none
> of the election accountability evidence needed to
> reveal when massive vote fraud and voter
> disenfranchisement is taking place.  In other words,
> the Supreme Court of Georgia has declared that an
> election process with systemic vulnerability to
> undetectable vote fraud is entirely acceptable so
> long as the voting system provides no evidence that
> can demonstrate when it has failed or been
> compromised.
>
> Boom.
>
> To my view...
>
> ...what these Georgia Supreme Court decisions
> mean to Georgia citizens is that it is more
> critical than ever before that everyone cast
> their votes in all municipal, county, state and
> national elections using the evidence of Paper
> Ballots that are available to all registered
> voters under Georgia Absentee and Provisional
> voting Laws (see <http://PaperCounts.org>).
>
> What these Georgia Supreme Court decisions ALSO
> mean to Georgia citizens is that, in the 2010
> elections, it is more critical than ever that we
> use our Paper Ballots to elect a Secretary of
> State with the integrity and fortitude needed to
> exercise that office's constitutional and court
> sanctioned authority to restore functional, voter
> verifiable, documented and authenticated election
> systems to Georgia.
>
> In sincere commitment to that cause, I am now
> serving as the official Technology Director for
> the Moore For Georgia SOS10 campaign. I strongly
> believe that Ms. Moore is the only 2010 Secretary
> of State candidate that is fully and openly
> committed to restoring election integrity and
> transparency to our State by upgrading our
> electronic machines to run Open Source software
> and produce Voter Verified Paper Ballots.
>
> I invite you to join us for the Moore For Georgia
> Campaign Kickoff event on Sunday, October 18th,
> from 6pm to 8pm.  Location and details are at:
> <http://MooreForGeorgia.com/kickoff.html>
>
> Any and all support is welcome!
>
> With thanks for your attention,
> Aaron Ruscetta, Technology Director,
> Moore For Georgia Campaign Committee
>
>
> ==================
> VoterGA Follow Up:
> -- The full documentation of the case proceedings
> and published court decisions from the VoterGA voting
> rights law suit are available at <http://VoterGa.org>.
> VoterGA is currently trying to decide if they should
> take our voting rights case to the U.S. Supreme Court,
> so if you can commit to financial assistance to that
> cause, please email your pledge to <info at voterga.org>
>
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