Dems’ are ones with disreputable election deeds
Regarding “GOP is OK with raw, political suppression” (Readers Write, Jan. 8), the letter writer states, “Republicans will do anything to stay in power, including lying, stealing and cheating.” It is easy to counter these statements by pointing out that the former secretary of state did follow the law with the actions he characterizes as lying, stealing and cheating. But more to the point, I must question how the writer apparently missed the activities of the national and Georgia Democratic parties over the last few months, such as the lies connected to the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh and the shameful vote-garnering in Georgia by the Stacey Abrams campaign. Paying homeless people to attend political rallies is something only Democrats do. The writer’s racial bias is showing.
GARLAND HOBBS, POWDER SPRINGS
Regarding the letter to the editor, “New voting system can’t have old flaws” (Readers Write, Jan. 2), everyone should be aware: Everything depends on trust. Without that, no system can sustain itself. The tabulation discussion has attached much importance to “human-readable ballots.” Supposedly, if a person can’t verify the printed vote matches his intent, he can’t trust that the computer printed out an accurate ballot. If the computer can be invisibly hacked, there is no way to overcome that. A computer can be hacked to miscount human-verifiable ballots just as well as misprinting an opaque bar code. Forcing a computer process to print paper at some point does nothing to guarantee the integrity of the process. Even a pure paper system can be “hacked” with ballot-box stuffing from the old days. Ultimately, a voter can only rely on everyone involved – programmers to voting boards – within a transparent system that enables them to earn his trust.
DOUGLAS BURGER, LAWRENCEVILLE
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