BREAKING: Judge rejects second attempt to halt inspection of Dominion machines in PA, but new challenges loom

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania/January 8, 2022 — On Friday, January 7, 2022, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania amended its ruling in a case brought by the Secretary of the Commonwealth against Fulton County, represented by The Amistad Project. The ruling delayed a planned inspection of Fulton County’s Dominion voting machines by State Senate investigators from January 10 to January 12, to give the parties time to finalize procedures for the inspection. The Secretary of the Commonwealth had been seeking to block the inspection, accusing Fulton County and The Amistad Project of being uncooperative in devising the procedures, as the judge had previously ordered when setting the inspection date for January 10. The Amistad Project demonstrated to the court that it was, in fact, the Department of State that had failed to respond to outreach about the protocols, prompting the judge to rule that “the parties are ORDERED to negotiate, in good faith, protocols that will apply to said inspection.”

”Fulton County is seeking to give the people of Pennsylvania the transparency they deserve from their government by cooperating with a request from the people’s representatives to inspect the voting machines that have become a major factor in our elections,” said Phill Kline, director of The Amistad Project. “Unfortunately, state officials have sought to block this inspection from taking place, forcing Fulton County and The Amistad Project to engage in costly litigation.”

Dominion had sought to intervene in the case to prevent the inspection from going ahead as planned, but they failed. As a result, The Amistad Project anticipates that Dominion will file its own suit on Monday, January 10. That would represent the third formal attempt to prevent State Senate investigators from inspecting Fulton County’s voting machines.

The Amistad Project is the only entity supporting tiny Fulton County PA (with approximately 15,000 residents, it is the fourth-smallest county in Pennsylvania) as it battles lawsuits from Dominion and state officials seeking to prevent a lawful inspection of its voting machines from proceeding as planned. Amistad’s attorneys have devoted hundreds of hours to this cause, and they are prepared to continue the fight. But Amistad’s resources are not infinite, and we need financial support from citizens who support government transparency and the rule of law. Please consider donating to support this important cause.

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