Georgia State Election Board Chairman Dismisses Historic 2020 U.S. Election Audit Motion
“The most important case in history" and the complaint submitted by Kevin Moncla and Joe Rossi which formed the basis of "Peach State Gate" aka #RaffyGate entered a new chapter.
Georgia State Election Board (SEB) Chairman John Fervier ruled motions out of order on Wednesday, May 8th, when two board members attempted to refer processing violations for Fulton County 2020 electronic votes to the Attorney General for investigation and prosecution.
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SEB member Rick Jeffares submitted a reconsideration motion to refer evidence of failure to provide or retain 173 required documents involving 20,713 certified votes which have no source tabulator.
SEB member Rick Jeffares. The Georgia Senate appointed Jeffares to the State Election Board on January 11th, 2024.
Dr. Janet Johnston made a similar reconsideration motion to refer evidence of failure to provide or retain over 18,852 ballot images for certified votes.
“The chair is ruling your motion to be out of order since it was not properly initiated and noticed and placed on the agenda,” SEB chairman Fervier said in response to Jeffares.
Georgia State Election board Chairman John Fervier. Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) appointed Fervier on January 5th, 2024 (jfervier.seb@gmail.com)
“The chair rules that motion out of order since it was not properly noticed and placed on the agenda,” SEB Chairman Fervier told Dr. Johnston.
The Peach State has been the hotbed of election integrity issues and the proverbial frontline of the war for transparent elections.
The press released was issued by VoterGA.
“On [Tuesday], Dr. Johnston made a series of original motions in an attempt to have the Fulton’s election results corrected so that they are accurate and have the violations investigated by the Attorney General,” the press release said. “Although referral is a routine practice for even one or two minor violations, all of her motions for the SEB2023-025 complaint failed.”
Dr. Janice W. Johnston, Georgia State Election Board Member. Johnston was appointed by the Republican Party to the SEB on March 2nd, 2022. (jjohnstonmd.seb@gmail.com)
The SEB2023-025 complaint was the document submitted on July 8th, 2022 by investigative independent journalist, Kevin Moncla, and college professor, Joe Rossi, which formed the basis of the story entitled, “Peach State Gate,” which I published in paperback on Amazon. It is also currently my #1 viewed article on addyadds.substack.com.
As of this writing on May 12th, 2024, the article about Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s admission that “mistakes were made” in the Fulton County 2020 election audit is the #1 viewed article on the Addy Adds Substack.
“[Dr. Johnston] was unable to get a second for those motions since Jeffares did not participate during the complaint hearing the previous day.”
Amend all election records and Risk Limiting Audit totals to reflect the correct totals;
Request the SOS to invalidate 17,852 certified votes that have no ballot images or identify and authenticate the source of the ballots for those votes;
Request the SOS to expunge the 20,713 votes that have no source tabulator or to authenticate where the votes originated;
Refer the evidence to the Attorney General for investigation and prosecution;
Recommend a monitor team to oversee the Fulton [County] 2024 election.
“The chair will inquire of legal counsel as to whether this motion cab heard at a future board meeting given that the board has previously ruled on this matter,” Chairman Fervier added.
“In response to a State Election Board (SEB) complaint made by a Georgia college professor, Ryan Germany, attorney for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, revealed that Fulton County made errors in its audit of the 2020 Presidential Election.”
“The SEB heard evidence in its quarterly meeting of over 140 violations of Georgia law and rules allegedly committed by Fulton County in processing electronic results during the 2020 election,” the press release stated.
“The complaint was based primarily on electronic data from Open Records Request and an analysis of discovery findings from VoterGA’s still pending 40 month old counterfeit ballot lawsuit against Fulton County,” VoterGA added.
In the court case issued in the Superior Court of Fulton County State of Georgia (2020CV343938) filed by Garland Favorito, Michael Scupin, Trevor Terris, Sean Draime, Caroline Jeffords, Stacey Doran, Christopher Peck, Robin Sotir and Brandi Taylor on December 23rd, 2020, the petitioners called for “Declaratory and Injunctive Relief,” pursuant to Georgia Code Ann. 9-4-1 et seq. and Ga. Code Ann. 9-11-65.
Kevin Moncla and Joe Rossi were not allowed to testify.
This “even though complainant testimony has been a standard practice at
SEB meetings for decades until the former chairman discontinued the practice just over a year ago.”
The Secretary of States’ lead investigator, Michael Brunson, admitted that ballot images were missing and ballots were double scanned.
“An interruption by SOS attorney Charlene McGowan was as follows:
“As long as we have that paper ballot, we have the paper trail that accurately records the voters’ choices,” McGowan stated.
“But McGowan did not tell the board that she and Fulton County have fought for three years to prevent the public from seeing the ballots to verify Fulton County’s 2020 election results,” the press release stated in bold. “McGowan even filed an amicus brief in VoterGA’s Fulton County counterfeit ballot case in an attempt to prevent looking at the ballots.”
According to the election integrity group, Voter GA, “the brief was shown legally and publicly to be riddled with false information.”
“With over 140 violations of election code laws and rules it would be a travesty not to refer this to the Attorney General and let this ride.”
Sara Tindall Ghazal, an SEB member appointed by the Georgia Democratic Party, attempted and failed to dismiss the complaint altogether.
SEB member Sara Tindall Ghazal was appointed by the Georgia DNC.
SEB member, Ed Lindsey, who was appointed by the late former Republican House Speaker David Ralston, refused to second any motion to refer the matter to the AG office. Prior to the vote, 15 public speakers asked Lindsey for his resignation due to conflicts of interest he has a a paid lobbyist for Georgia county governments.
SEB member Edward Lindsey’s status as a lobbyist for multiple Georgia county governments saw his resignation requested by many.
Primary Source Documentation:
amicus brief filed by McGowan.
amicus brief legally shown to contain false information
amicus brief publicly shown to contain false information
Chairman Rules Fulton Criminal Referral Motions Out of Order 5-9-2024
SEB Refuses to Refer 140 Fulton 2020 Violations to AG for Investigation 5-8-24
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