[Editor’s Note: There is an expanded version of this post that was sent-out early this morning via our e-mailed newsletter. A link to that is available here. If you want to keep more up-to-date with political news, sign-up for our e-mailed newsletters here.] The truth about Karen Handel is not only that she did join […]

In case the Handel Campaign was waiting for the other shoe to drop, please allow the PV the privilege of dropping that 5 kilo-ton shoe. For those of you who haven’t been keeping up with the jousting from Handel’s $10,000 per month Court Jester Dan McLagan over the past week or so, here’s a link […]

Rumors have it that Governor Sonny Perdue is contemplating a veto of SB 1, known as either the “Waste Reduction Act of 2009” or, by its more well-known name, the Zero-Base Budgeting Act. Zero-based budgeting is the act of starting a budget from scratch…with nothing like the typical guvment rule of thumb of looking back […]

Who Is James C. Gatewood? According to the State Ethics Commission Website, Mr. Gatewood is the Chairman of the State Ethics Commission. His bio reads as follows (from that same link): “Mr. Gatewood is an attorney and partner at Gatewood, Skipper & Rambo, PC. He is president of King’s Real Estate, Inc. and owner of […]

You might recall a few weeks ago the FOX 5 TV story by Dale Russell that discussed incidences of 2 corporate entities getting their “identity” stolen and credit cards issued in the corporate name to fraudulent people. You also might recall that the Doug MacGinnitie campaign, smelling blood in the water, took it upon themselves […]

A LOT of people involved in politics use words and terminology they really do not understand. Take, for example, the term “political opportunist.” Many ill-informed political activists think the definition of this means “someone involved in politics who takes advantage of an opportunity that comes their way.” Not even close. A political opportunist is a […]

Introduction Rumors have it that when Governor Perdue’s recently appointed Atlanta Circuit Superior Court Judge Shawn LaGrua takes her oath of office in a few months, the life, liberty, and property of every single man, woman, and child that comes before her court will be put in serious jeopardy in her courtroom. How can this […]

February 4, 2010 Garland Favorito: (404) 664-4044 garlandf@msn.com VoterGA.org SAVANNAH, GA – Former Republican Chatham County Commissioner, Jeff Rayno, announced today that he is filing a letter of complaint with the U.S. Justice Dept. The complaint cites potential Constitutional violations committed by former Secretary of State (SOS) Karen Handel and her Inspector General (IG) Shawn […]

BACKGROUND OF RELEVANT EVENTS September 2008-October 2008 timeframe: Preparation for election commences with the checking-out process of the voting machines. Laura Gallegos (pronounced guy-AY-gos) and Gina Lofton (two Lowndes County BOE employees) placed each machine in pre-test mode and performed logic and accuracy testing (“L & A” tests) on the machines used for the general […]

Rumors have it that in at least one circumstance (and, possibly, many others), former Secretary of State Karen Handel violated her oath of office by asserting authority she did not possess, and allowing Secretary of State Inspector General Shawn LaGrua free reign to initiate an investigation of a complaint of an election night irregularity without […]

Rumors have it that questions are beginning to surface regarding just how the Elections Division’s Office of the Inspector General was established under former Secretary of State Karen Handel’s administration, and whether aspects of it were legally operating under Georgia state statute. PV Background: Prior to Handel’s administration, there was no “Office of the Inspector […]

Contact: Garland Favorito (404) 664-4044 garlandf@msn.com http://www.voterga.org January 18, 2009 ATLANTA, GA – All matters asserted against former Lowndes County elections technician, Laura Gallegos, were dismissed last Thursday during an administrative hearing. The State Election Board (SEB) had accused her of improper testing which led to the inclusion of 947 test votes in the 2008 […]