ATLANTA – Today, Fair Fight CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo issued the following statement:
“Make no mistake that it was a result of the hard work of litigation, activism, and advocacy that the state has chosen Dominion over ES&S for the largest purchase of voting machines in American history. ES&S has infiltrated Georgia government, bribed politicians, shielded itself from public records requests, and failed in state after state, and, because of our and our allies’ months-long efforts to expose this corruption, the choice by the state is not as bad as it could have been. Today’s announcement, however, does nothing to change the fact that hand-marked paper ballots are more secure than elections by machines. Team Kemp cannot be trusted to protect the integrity of Georgia’s election system after his office repeatedly compromised Georgians’ personal information and failed for a decade to provide necessary support and training to Georgia counties. Frighteningly, court hearings last week revealed that employees of Georgia vendors are currently accessing Georgians’ personal information on unsecure networks in their personal homes. This announcement and a change of vendors marks an admission of how poorly the 2018 elections were conducted, and serious questions about how the Secretary of State intends to secure 2019 elections remain. We continue to have many questions about the RFP selection process and will continue our fight for truly free and fair elections in which every vote is counted and every voice is heard.”