The state of Alabama's lawyers argued the voting machines in question are not equipped to connect to the internet and it would take a series of improbable actions to carry out the potential tampering and vote-changing that is the basis of the lawsuit.
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin has dismissed a lawsuit against state officials that claimed the electronic ballot-scanning machines used to tabulate votes in Alabama are unreliable because they could be hacked over the internet to change results.the claims were based on speculation
and asked for the dismissal. The state’s lawyers said the machines are not equipped to connect to the internet and it would take a series of improbable actions to carry out the potential tampering and vote-changing that is the basis of the lawsuit. The plaintiffs asked Griffin for a preliminary injunction to bar the use of the machines and order hand counts of ballots in the general election in November. Griffin denied that as moot after granting the motion to dismiss the case. The state argued that a change to a hand-count system would be a “gargatuan, last-minute overhaul of the election process.”
The lawsuit had parallels to conspiracy claims that circulated after President Trump lost the 2020 election. One of the plaintiffs’ lawyers has represented My Pillow founder and election conspiracist Mike Lindell. that 100,000 votes for Trump in Alabama were changed to Joe Biden, an allegation that Secretary of State John Merrill said was false.
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