The voters’ petition, seeking a withdrawal of
the certification and a re-examination of the
Dominion system, was submitted this week to
Raffensperger’s office. It says the system doesn’t
meet Georgia’s voting system certification
requirements and doesn’t comply with the state
election code.
Georgia law allows voters to request that the
secretary of state “reexamine any such device
previously examined and approved by him
or her” as long as at least 10 voters sign onto
the request. The petition submitted includes
signatures of more than 1,450 registered voters
from 100 counties, including some elected
officials, and was filed by voting integrity
advocates and the state Libertarian Party.
Additionally, some of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit
challenging the state’s outdated voting system
filed an amended complaint asking U.S. District
Judge Amy Totenberg to prohibit the state
from using the new Dominion system, calling it
“illegal and unreliable.”
Raffensperger, in a statement, said the
allegations are false and not supported by
facts. The state required that voting systems
submitted for consideration be federally
certified prior to review and the state
certification was “a re-examination to confirm
the accuracy of the federal certification,” he said.
“At the end of the day, the complaints are raised
by activists who want the implementation of
Georgia’s new voting system to fail,” he said. “The
Secretary of State’s office, on the other hand, is
focused on implementing the new system in
time for the 2020 elections. Every Georgia citizen
who cares about secure and accurate elections
should reject these ridiculous tactics.”