Battle Lines are Being Drawn in the Fight Over Voting Machine Transparency in PA
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Battle Lines are Being Drawn in the Fight Over Voting Machine Transparency in PA
Leftist lawmakers and officials, voting machine vendor submit over 900 pages of legal filings in a single day
The PA Supreme Court is considering whether to block state lawmakers from inspecting a voting machine from Fulton County
Senate leaders seek to intervene on behalf of Fulton County
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania/January 24, 2022 — Leftist lawmakers and public officials, as well as attorneys representing Dominion Voting Systems, submitted over 900 pages of legal filings on Wednesday seeking to prevent State Senate investigators from carrying out an inspection of a Dominion voting machine from Fulton County as planned.
“We’re paying people to count the vote, and they’re refusing to let us see how they counted it,” said Phill Kline, director of The Amistad Project.
“Their argument is that you can hire a company to count the vote, but you can’t ask questions about how they counted it – in other words, ‘Trust and don’t verify,’” Kline added. “If that argument prevails, then the only way to restore transparency and accountability to our elections is to get rid of the machines.”
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has previously ruled on three separate occasions that the inspection should proceed, rejecting motions from the governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and Dominion. Moments before the inspection was about to take place on January 14, however, the state Supreme Court issued a temporary stay in response to an appeal filed by state officials. On Wednesday, both Dominion and the Senate Democratic Caucus filed motions to join the case against Fulton County, which is represented by The Amistad Project.
The Amistad Project is fighting to ensure that lawmakers are able to carry out their inspection, which is intended to confirm that voting machines operated the way they were intended in the 2020 elections. On Saturday, Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman and Senator Cris Dush filed an application for leave to file an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Fulton County.
“Fulton County is David to the Goliaths who are trying to stop the inspection of Fulton County's voting machines,” said Amistad Project attorney Tom King. “The County intends to continue to fully cooperate with the Senate investigation.”
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