[LPGa Executive Committee] URGENT - Please vote tonight on support for election rule changes

[Evan Durkovic]

I vote aye.

Evan Durkovic


On 2019-11-25 15:40, Ryan Graham via Lpgaexcomm wrote:
> Hey Team,
> 
> We've got another opportunity to help with election reform brought to
> us again by the Coalition for Good Governance. Essentially, we'd be
> making a request to the Georgia Secretary of State as an "interested
> party" to change how elections are run. I've attached the detailed
> requests, but also wanted to give a rundown here.
> 
>  	* Voters would be able to drop off their absentee mail ballots at
> their home precinct on election day or at an early voting center
> during early voting. This would accomplish numerous goals as listed on
> the attached Rule 1 Exhibit, such as reducing polling place lines, and
> eliminating the risk of mail ballot delivery or improper rejection. It
> would also provide a hand marked paper ballot.
>  	* The new BMD screens must be installed in a manner that protects
> the voter's rights to a secret ballot. [The screens as installed
> during the pilot elections permitted people across the room to see how
> people were voting.]
>  	* Paper pollbook back up must be provided in the polling place to be
> used for reference when electronic pollbooks are malfunctioning or
> contain discrepancies. This prevents unnecessary provisional ballots
> and disenfranchisement. The State has a bad record of electronic
> pollbook failures causing people to be turned away or forced to vote
> provisional ballots. The attempted implementation of the new
> electronic pollbooks is not going well, and further demands the paper
> back up requirement we propose.
>  	* A rule to provide for a more realistic transition to a new voting
> system. The implementation risk of this transition are massive and the
> state failed the first test in the 6 pilots.
> 
> In order to be a formal petitioner we need to do prepare an affidavit
> and write a cover letter that includes your parties' interest in the
> matter, then send package to the SOS. We'd like to get the package
> sent tomorrow at the latest so need to move _QUICKLY_.
> 
> As such, Smythe DuVal is making a motion to support these rule changes
> and send out the necessary documents to the Secretary of State to
> petition for their inclusion. Ryan Graham is seconding this and we can
> go ahead and vote. PLEASE VOTE TONIGHT if you can.
> 
> Let me know if you have any questions. This is a great opportunity for
> us. The Coalition for Good Governance seems to think we'd be the
> biggest org to sign on if we do, which could be leveraged for some
> good press.
> 
> --
> In Liberty,
>  Ryan Graham
> Chair, Libertarian Party of Georgia
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Evan Durkovic
Treasurer
Libertarian Party of Georgia