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'''Georgia''', with its 16 [[Electoral College]] votes, is a must-win state in the [[2024 presidential election]], and the focus of a multi-million dollar get-out-the-vote effort by the [[Democrat]] political machine. Georgia is in southeastern [[United States]] as one of the original [[Colonial America|thirteen British colonies]].<ref>Georgia was the only colony not affiliated with a religious group: it was founded as a penal colony, much like [[Australia]] (though today it, like much of the American [[The South|South]], Georgia has a highly religious [[evangelical]] population)/</ref> Georgia's capital and largest city is [[Atlanta]], located near the state's center and where [[Dem]]s do "souls to the polls" to herd voters to polling booths.

'''Georgia''', with its 16 [[Electoral College]] votes, is a must-win state in [[U.S.]] presidential elections and continues to be the focus of a multi-million-dollar get-out-the-vote effort by the [[Democrat]] political machine. Georgia is in southeastern [[United States]] as one of the original [[Colonial America|thirteen British colonies]].<ref>Georgia was the only colony not affiliated with a religious group: it was founded as a penal colony, much like [[Australia]] (though today it, like much of the American [[The South|South]], Georgia has a highly religious [[evangelical]] population)/</ref> Georgia's capital and largest city is [[Atlanta]], located near the state's center and where [[Dem]]s do "souls to the polls" to herd voters to polling booths.

In the [[2020 Presidential Election]], the reported results in Georgia were:

In the [[2020 Presidential Election]], the reported results in Georgia were:

[[File:Col-ga.jpg|thumb|300px|Oglethorpe builds Savannah]]

[[File:Col-ga.jpg|thumb|300px|Oglethorpe builds Savannah]]

Georgia joined the Confederate States of America, [[Confederacy]], before the beginning of the [[American Civil War]].  Today a political issue in Georgia is the buying up of farmland by the [[CCP]].

Georgia joined the Confederate States of America, [[Confederacy]], before the beginning of the [[American Civil War]].  Today, a political issue in Georgia is the buying up of farmland by the [[CCP]].

==Politics==

==Politics==

Hursti noted that the lack of “hardening” created security risks even for computers that were not connected to the internet. He observed that when flash drives were connected to the server, the “media was automounted by the operating system. When the operating system is automounting a storage media, the operating system starts automatically to interact with the device.”

Hursti noted that the lack of “hardening” created security risks even for computers that were not connected to the internet. He observed that when flash drives were connected to the server, the “media was automounted by the operating system. When the operating system is automounting a storage media, the operating system starts automatically to interact with the device.”

Hursti noted that the management of Fulton County's EMS server appeared to be a “ad hoc operation with no formalized process.” This seemed particularly apparent in relation to the process of storage media coming in from various precincts throughout the night: “This kind of operation i[s] naturally prone to human errors. I observed personnel calling on the floor asking if all vote carrying compact flash cards had been delivered from the early voting machines for processing, followed by later finding additional cards which had been overlooked in apparent human error. Later, I heard again one technician calling on the floor asking if all vote carrying compact flashes had been delivered. This clearly demonstrates lack of inventory management which should be in place to ensure, among other things, that no rogue storage devices would be inserted into the computer. In response, 3 more compact flash cards were hand-delivered. Less than 5 minutes later, I heard one of the county workers say that additional card was found and was delivered for processing. All these devices were trusted by printed label only and no comparison to an inventory list of any kind was performed.”

Hursti noted that the management of Fulton County's EMS server appeared to be an “ad hoc operation with no formalized process.” This seemed particularly apparent in relation to the process of storage media coming in from various precincts throughout the night: “This kind of operation i[s] naturally prone to human errors. I observed personnel calling on the floor asking if all vote carrying compact flash cards had been delivered from the early voting machines for processing, followed by later finding additional cards which had been overlooked in apparent human error. Later, I heard again one technician calling on the floor asking if all vote carrying compact flashes had been delivered. This clearly demonstrates lack of inventory management which should be in place to ensure, among other things, that no rogue storage devices would be inserted into the computer. In response, 3 more compact flash cards were hand-delivered. Less than 5 minutes later, I heard one of the county workers say that additional card was found and was delivered for processing. All these devices were trusted by printed label only and no comparison to an inventory list of any kind was performed.”

Hursti also observed that “operations were repeatedly performed directly on the operating system.” The election software has no visibility into the operations of the operating system, which creates additional auditing problems, and as Hursti noted, “Unless the system is configured properly to collect file system auditing data is not complete. As the system appears not to be hardened, it is unlikely that the operating system has been configured to collect auditing data.”

Hursti also observed that “operations were repeatedly performed directly on the operating system.” The election software has no visibility into the operations of the operating system, which creates additional auditing problems, and as Hursti noted, “Unless the system is configured properly to collect file system auditing data is not complete. As the system appears not to be hardened, it is unlikely that the operating system has been configured to collect auditing data.”