Ga. electronic voting machines challenged

The1calledTKE · #1 07-13-2006, 05:13 PM

ATLANTA - In the latest controversy over Georgia election law, a coalition of groups opposed to the state's electronic voting machines filed a lawsuit challenging the system on Thursday.

The legal challenge, filed in Fulton County Superior Court, claims the system is illegal and unconstitutional because it fails to give voters a verifiable record showing their ballot was recorded correctly. The state started using the machines in 2002.

"If I had some evil intent and I wanted to disenfranchise an entire state, what better job could I do than what happened in 2002?" said Garland Favorito, co-founder of VoterGA, the coalition that filed the lawsuit.

The group said it is not seeking to block Tuesday's primary election and says the suit was not timed to embarrass Secretary of State Cathy Cox, who spearheaded the new voting system and is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060713/...ctronic_voting

shinerbock · #2 07-13-2006, 05:40 PM

Tell Cathy to give it up. Sonny is gonna roll in November.

The1calledTKE · #3 07-13-2006, 07:05 PM

You don't think the flag issue is not going to hurt Sonny? Or the school holliday during Katrina to save gas, that actually backfired and and made things worse?

shinerbock · #4 07-13-2006, 07:18 PM

If you had asked me 2 years ago if I thought the flag issue would hurt him, I would def had said yes. I didn't think then he could get elected again. However, there really isn't too much opposition to him now. I couldn't find any really recent polling data but what I've got from mid May shows Sonny leading both Cox and Taylor by 8-12 percent. A comprehensive poll taken in late April shows Sonny with a 57 percent approval level, which should be sufficient. The race may tighten some after the primary, but I doubt it. I think Sonny may actually get 60 percent of the vote before it is said and done.