A groundbreaking election integrity lawsuit was filed October 8, 2022, against the Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and names twelve counties as defendants. This suit is novel and has been filed as a class action lawsuit representing Oregon voters. It seeks a declaration that mail-in voting and computer tabulation of the votes are unconstitutional because voters are being disenfranchised. The ease with which the voting systems can be manipulated, the number of anomalies showing that the vote is being manipulated, and the reaction of government officials to hide and cover-up rather than disclose all serve to disenfranchise voters.

Plaintiff Marc Thielman, former Alsea School District Superintendent, spearheaded this case with the support of key funders and the legal expertise of Attorney Stephen Joncus. Thielman states, “Oregon is ground zero for the election integrity fight and this lawsuit seeks to build on prior cases, such as the Tim Sippel case recently held in Washington County. Already, Oregon officials have conceded in a court of law, that electronic voting machines can be accessed remotely and are vulnerable to hackers. This new lawsuit is intended to give voice to the election integrity minded community that is being steadily disenfranchised at the hands of State and County Officials who swear an oath to uphold the Constitution and serve the people.“

"The government has created a system that is not trustworthy and cannot be verified which causes people to turn away and not bother to vote. If the powers that be have already decided the election, why bother spending time on picking candidates? Why bother voting if my vote will be canceled by an illegal vote? There is a crisis of confidence in Oregon’s election system that has been created by our own government. The voters have to restore control by ending mail-in voting and use of computerized vote tallying machines.

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The Introduction to the case reads: Americans are confronted with a storm of election “anomalies” that have served to undermine the confidence of a significant percentage of the American electorate in the integrity of our free and fair elections. A citizen’s vote is a fundamental expression of the First Amendment. Voters are guaranteed Equal Protection under the US Constitution. Maintaining the sanctity of each vote is a duty of local, state and federal government agents and as such, the vigilance of federal, state, county, and city election officials for upholding voter confidence must be of the highest order. Unfortunately, state, county, city election officials have consistently demonstrated a profound lack of curiosity for alleviating the negative impact of these anomalies on the confidence of the average voter.

Counties sited as defendants are Clackamas, Washington, Multnomah, Linn, Lane, Marion, Jackson, Deschutes, Yamhill, Douglas, Klamath, and Coos. Thielman says, “This case will bring new evidence and expose the profound abuses and lack of curiosity among State and County election officials whose conduct clearly violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and promotes voter suppression and disenfranchisement at the hands of the government.”


--Donna Bleiler

Post Date: 2022-10-11 19:18:49

Last Update: 2022-10-12 12:45:02