During a hearing in the Georgia legislature on March 17th, 2026, a 40-year IT professional testified during public comment and offered to show the committee evidence of vulnerabilities in the election software they use.
Mark Cook, who testified as an expert witness in Tina Peters’ trial in 2024, used his time during public comment to offer evidence to the Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee as they considered a Georgia election bill.
The online recording of the hearing that includes public comment contains the following from Cook:
“I have evidence right here, that I was hoping to show you, that can show that there are absolutely, and I know you guys have heard this, but I’ve got the proof right here, backdoors built-in to electronic voting systems that allow flipping, changing of votes. The testing labs all missed this. Then they’re blindly certified. Then we’re told that everything is safe and secure. It’s absolutely not.”
Mysteriously, according to the timestamp shown in the top right corner, Cook’s public comment at one point goes from 1:02:18 to 1:02:29 instantly. A cut in the testimony appears to have been made to his public comment.
Fortunately, Cook’s public comment was also recorded. The following statement in bold was removed from Cook’s public comment:
“I have evidence right here, that I was hoping to show you, that can show that there are absolutely, and I know you guys have heard this, but I’ve got the proof right here, backdoors built-in to electronic voting systems that allow flipping, changing of votes, infiltrating the system, all built in, set up in a way that makes it easy, and untraceable. I can demonstrate this to you even while I’m still here in this building and I’m happy to do so. The testing labs all missed this. Then they’re blindly certified. Then we’re told that everything is safe and secure. It’s absolutely not.”
Hellbound and Down 