Favorito speaks on election ballots court case in Henry County

BKP Politics, Election 2020

The day after the Henry County, Georgia, trial over election ballots, Founder of VoterGa.org Garland Favorito spoke in an interview about the case, current elections, and the process to achieve voter integrity.

A 20-year-veteran of elections and voter integrity since the rise of paperless “DRE” (direct recording electronic) voting machines, Garland Favorito has pushed heavily since the 2020 Presidential Election for voter integrity and elections reforms.

Speaking on the changes in voting machines and the inclusions of Dominion, Favorito spoke on the original issues that citizens and his group raised with Dominion and any other software that records votes through a barcode or QR code. However, over their objections, legislation approve the software.

Now, Favorito speaks out about other key pieces of evidence of election law violations through signed affidavits from Poll Managers handling counterfeit ballots. Specifically in Fulton County and the Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office, Favorito took an Open Records Request to court over seeing ballots casts that was denied by both the county and Raffensperger.

Looking to verify counterfeit ballots, double scans, or other evidence of voter fraud, Favorito is seeking to bring in experts in documentation and forensic examiners to aid him in inspecting Fulton’s elections ballots.

Calling it corruption, Favorito has denounced both Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr for putting in roadblocks to keep his organization from looking at public documents. Georgia’s “Sunshine Law” allows for Open Records Requests submissions to view public documents. Favorito’s basis is viewing these public documents under the allowance for Open Records.

He went on to add that he believes the Secretary of State does not want any investigation that could reveal things that don’t add up, meaning he, as the Secretary, would have a major issue to explain.

During the court case, the judge ruled to turn over the ballot images. Images would be of a lower quality, according to Favorito, who said the quality would not be sufficient to perform the analysis he wants. The simple question he raises is why can he not simply view the original ballots. Yet, Favorito only sees this a step on the path, as he said he wants to return, as ordered, with a more in-depth plan and redoubled efforts to reach the actual, physical ballots.

Favorito calls the case a victory, gaining one of the four things he wanted, the images. But it is not over.

Returning to the case in 34 days, his organization is asking for a visual inspection, a forensic inspection, and the standard election report.

Along a similar note, Favorito commented on Georgia’s SB 202. Favorito called the bill a “mixed bag” of good and bad. While it did allow for public ballot images and elimination of private money, the bill did not provide any protection, according to Favorito, from having to spend thousands of dollars and months in courts to get physical access. He also noted the bill does not provide for forensic examinations of election ballots.

With elections processes the way they are and with Dominion machines still in place, Favorito said he didn’t see how Georgians could feel comfortable with elections under Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger who has attacked election directors in counties reporting machine failures and defends the machines that have failed.

 

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