FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Coalition for Good Governance
Marilyn Marks, Executive Director
704 292 9802, Marilyn@USCGG.org

Federal Court Permits Georgia’s Continued Use of

Electronic Voting System for November’s Election

Atlanta—Today, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg issued an order permitting
the November mid-term elections to be conducted using Georgia’s current electronic
voting system, although the system is well-understood to be unreliable and un-
auditable. The decision came in response to Coalition for Good Governance’s Motion for
Preliminary Injunction, seeking to sideline the paperless electronic voting machines,
and use paper ballots in the November 2018 elections.

“The Secretary of State Kemp, the State Election Board, and the bi-partisan Fulton
County Election Board refused to act in response to serious and repeated warnings from
Congress, federal agencies, National Academy of Science and scores of expert voting
system computer scientists that the paperless system is unfit for conducting public
elections. The Defendants’ failed to make any efforts to prepare for secure November
elections, predicted voter confusion, poll worker difficulty, long lines and threatened of
closing early voting centers, putting the Court in a difficult position with the election less
than two months away,” said Marilyn Marks. Marks is the Executive Director of
Coalition for Good Governance, the non-partisan non-profit organization filing the
Motion for Preliminary Injunction. “Although the concerns of a transition to paper
ballots are exaggerated, the Defendants can create a self-fulfilling prophecy of election
day chaos and voter disenfranchisement.”

Marks stated that Coalition for Good Governance appreciates the time and attention
that Judge Totenberg has devoted to this important case. The organization will continue
to litigate the case to protect the constitutional rights of Georgia voters to have their vote
counted reliably, recognizing that electronic voting machines are not reliable by design,
producing election results that cannot be audited. The organization plans to seek a
ruling to mandate paper ballots for the December 2018 runoff elections.

The case stands for the proposition that the U.S. Constitution protects voters’ rights to
cast their ballots in a meaningful way, that will result in reliable election outcomes.

Robert A McGuire, lead attorney for Coalition for Good Governance said, “We are
disappointed that DREs will be used in Georgia this November, but we remain confident
that the U.S. Constitution guarantees voters the right to cast their ballots in verifiable,
trustworthy elections. Although we were unfortunately unable to obtain preliminary
relief in time for this November, we are glad the case can now move forward on the
merits. We will continue to press these voting rights claims, and we fully expect to
prevail in the end.”

“Judge Totenberg’s decision is broadly consistent with the positions that the Coalition is
taking in the case - particularly the urgent need for Georgia, as soon as feasible, to
switch to paper ballots,” said Bruce P. Brown, Atlanta attorney for the Coalition.

Joining the Coalition for Good Governance as the named “Coalition Plaintiffs” are
Georgia voters Ricardo Davis, Laura Digges, William Digges III, and Megan Missett.

Coalition Plaintiffs urge all voters to check their voter registration record at My Voter
Page and bring a screen shot to the polling place to avoid problems occurring too
frequently in the polling place computerized pollbooks.

Read the decision here.