In 2002, a Georgia businessman tried to implement Georgia's electronic voting according to established computer science standards. He was, however, tossed off the project for trying to do it right.

The State of Georgia's "just put them together and ship them out" method resulted in uncertified software on our voting machines because the machines failed. And failed. And failed.

You can view a complete list of those 2002 failures as outlined by the State of Georgia here

In every election where they have been used, Georgia's new voting machines have continued to fail. And fail. And fail.

In Georgia's 2002 General Election, backup CDs of election data, required by law to be deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court were delivered BLANK.

In Georgia's 2002 Gubenatorial Election, Dooly County, Georgia the test deck was certified and all the votes in that county were lost because the machines were never taken out of test mode. Documents here

By amendment to the original contract, Georgia's election was turned over to Diebold technicians who were never sworn to an oath to conduct free, fair and honest elections as required of our election officials by Georgia law. Documents here

In Georgia's March 2004 Presidential Preference Primary, voting machines were photographed by Georgia Tech student Peter Sahlstrom unsecured and unattended next to a cleaning cart, dropped off in a hallway. Documents here

In Georgia's March 2004 Presidential Preference Primary, Diebold technicians "commandeered" the elections office and "...provided incorrect numbers to news organizations.....for more than two hours after the polls closed..." Documents here

In Georgia's July 2004 primary, 106,000 Democratic Georgia voters lost their vote. Undervotes finished THIRD in the top of the ticket race; missing the runoff by only 2,000 votes. Documents here

In Georgia's November 2004 General Election, lost votes range from 8 to 39% statewide - newly defined with uncertified software changes as "Blank" ballots. Documents here (just one of hundreds of examples)

In Georgia's November 2004 General Election 367,000 Georgia voters - 10% of the voters - who chose Early Voting have lost the secrecy of their ballot. Originally posted by Mark Crispin Miller

Georgia's electronic voting implementation has resulted in Georgia voters being used as Diebold's beta test site; charging $54 million in taxpayer dollars for that "honor." Congresswoman McKinney's Explosive Findings

Georgia's voting machine implementation has been a complete, documented failure, yet State of Georgia officials' endorsement and photograph appeared on Diebold's sales brochure. Document here

Our state seal was displayed on the Diebold web site along with Georgia officials' testimony hiding the failure of these machines. Document Here

According to studies conducted for the State of Georgia, only 39% of African American voters in Georgia have confidence the Diebold machines count their votes as cast. Document here

49% of Georgia's voters STRONGLY support a voter verified paper ballot to protect our votes against electronic manipulation. Only 29% of Georgia voters oppose voter verified paper ballots. Document here

Yet, multiple attempts by citizens of Georgia to correct the errors of the Diebold electronic voting implementation through legislation have been met with fierce opposition and defeat. Document here

The State of California has TWICE de-certified the very machines used in Georgia. Our elected officials ignore these issues and the concerns of Georgia voters. Document here

On June 5, 2005, an AJC editorial by Georgia's Secretary of State said "The nation's election officials have made their nominations to improve and safeguard our election process. Now it's up to voters to speak." Document here

On September 20, 2005 in Cobb County, Georgia out of 40,065 ballot cards cast, the YES votes and NO votes only total to 39,780. That means 285 cards were processed without a real vote. And the referendum was decided by 114 votes.

Evidently, some Cobb County voters will stand in line at a poll, present picture i.d., sign the little pledge card, stroll over to the computer, insert the card and.... DO NOTHING! Document here