Questions raised about Dominion voting machines finally got the best form of sunlight today – sworn testimony in open court subject to cross-examination.

Election security experts Clay Parikh and Ben Cotton testified in Fulton County (Atlanta) Superior Court today. They testified that they were able to identify the master encryption passwords stored in plain text and unsecured on the databases housed in Dominion voting machines. They further testified that basic security protocols call for these passwords to be kept separate and secret so that only authorized persons can access them.

This information was turned over to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in March 2024 at the latest, according to the lawyers at the hearing.

The allegations, if true, are explosive and have deep ramifications going back years. //

But surely Georgia, with its Republican Governor Brian Kemp and Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, would provide us with reassurances that this is not the case or that they are seeking to make sure it is not the case?

Instead, lawyers for Raffensperger came into court fighting the issuance of an order to ensure that this is not the case. And instead of fighting it with facts disproving the allegations, Raffensperger is relying on non-factual defenses.

The plaintiffs filed this case too late, he says. They filed in the wrong court, he says. They lack standing, he says.

Nowhere does he say, “It is not true that the master key is contained in plain sight on the machines' databases.” //

DonH-Texas
an hour ago
I suspect this comes down to $$$.

The state wants to claim the voting machines are a good value for the taxpayers. That the government officials involved made good decisions.

If the voting machines are suspect, then what? Does the state have a backup plan in place? I'm guessing that's a hard "no", and any alternative to the machines is going to cost big $$$.

So the arguments in court are a CYA move. I think the judge sees that, but he acts like a politician often, so maybe he plays ball with the state to keep his own options open for future advancement. //

Random US Citizen
an hour ago
More of the same. None of these cases has actually made it to trial. They've all been dismissed on technicalities, many because the people whose votes were potentially stolen or diluted lacked "standing" to file them. Never has a case actually reached the evidence and testimony stage. Not once. And that's not a coincidence, either.

Whatever happens--and I am extremely skeptical that any case will ever make it trial, because that would threaten the whole house of cards by which the current corrupt system keeps power--Rafffensperger needs to go. I'd prefer gently into that good night, but I'd settle for him never holding office as a so-called Republican again.