Judge Bars, Allows, Then Bars Again Voting Machines in Georgia From Being “Wiped Clean” of Election Data

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U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten, late last night, issued a restraining order barring the altering or erasing of any data on any Dominion voting machines in Georgia.

It was Batten’s third order of the day. The first one granted the request to block the erasing of data and the second one reversed that order.

Batten’s third order reinstated the block. It will be in effect for 10 days and cover Cobb, Gwinnett, and Cherokee Counties.

Dominion System’s legal team objected to the restraining order in part, on the grounds that inspection of the their machines would “pose substantial security and proprietary/trade secret risks” to Dominion.

The plaintiffs in the case amended their request to address that issue.

“Plaintiffs’ counsel responded that Defendants’ concerns could be alleviated by an order from the Court(1) allowing Defendants’ own expert(s) to participate in the requested inspections, which would be video-recorded, and (2) directing the experts to provide whatever information they obtain to the Court—and no one else—for an in camera inspection,” the court order reads.

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