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Government Corruption

Georgia reprimands Fulton County for scanning ballots twice in 2020 recount

2024-05-08

[JustTheNews] The results of the investigation determined that President Joe Biden still won the county over former President Donald Trump, because the vote margin was substantial enough in three independent vote counts. But the county still violated regulations and statues in its counting process.

The Georgia State Election Board is requiring Fulton County to implement an independent election monitor in the 2024 election, after an independent investigation found that the county likely scanned thousands of ballots twice in a recount of the 2020 election.

The state board voted to implement the independent monitor in a 2-1 vote on Tuesday, which ended one of the last probes into the results of the 2020 election, which Trump claimed was stolen from him. The board also voted to dismiss several other complaints against the county, including allegations that it added 16,000 votes to its count before certifying the election, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The results of the investigation determined that President Joe Biden still won the county over former President Donald Trump, because the vote margin was substantial enough in three independent vote counts. But the county still violated regulations and statues in its counting process.

Biden won the state by 11,779 votes in the first count, but 939 more votes for Trump were counted in a recount. If there were ballots that were scanned twice, it only amounted to 3,000 votes. State officials confirmed that the election results were legitimate.

"As long as we have the paper ballot, we have the paper trail that accurately reports the voter’s choice," Charlene McGowan, general counsel for the secretary of state’s office, told the outlet. "Fulton County used improper procedures during the recount of the presidential contest of 2020. The investigation shows there are some duplicative ballot images in the ballot images that Fulton County provided, but what cannot be confirmed conclusively is if those ballots were included in the count."

State officials said it is not clear whether the votes were actually counted twice, or if they were just scanned twice. The county has long faced scrutiny over issues with election integrity.

Board member Ed Lindsey said he voted for the reprimand instead of a more serious punishment because he was focused on making sure future elections were secure rather than focusing on previous elections. He also threatened to open an investigation into the county in July if they do not hire a monitor for the November election.

"There is clear evidence that in 2020 there were numerous violations of regulations and statutes, and the county has acknowledged that," Lindsey said. "My purpose here is not to let it ride but to move this matter forward so we can have some assurances going into the 2024 election."

Fulton County said it has implemented multiple changes since the 2020 election, in order to make sure the vote counting is safe and legitimate going forward.

"Fulton County’s performance during the 2020 elections has been exhaustively scrutinized, but the results, confirmed by three different counts, have not changed. Nor has there been any evidence of fraud or malfeasance," county spokeswoman Jessica Corbitt said. "Since the 2020 election, Fulton County has hired a new director, implemented numerous procedural updates and invested in a new elections headquarters. It has conducted six elections, and independent monitors have noted improvement."

Posted by:Frank G

#6 On the recounts, they just reran all the ballots back through the machines. This picked up the double scans. They were cheating and were never charged. They were also scanning without the mandatory observers. Raffensperger called this normal operations - this means that he was in on it and should have been impeached. They are also on video passing around the machine thumb drives like a drug deal. This was likely the process of assigning manufactured ballots to dummy or voter files who did not vote. In other states the ERIC system was used to give Dem folks real time data of who had voted. The simultaneous pause was where the dummy ballots were assigned to “voters.”

Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-08 11:52

#5 Well, that settles that!

Posted by: Angstrom 2024-05-08 11:33

#4 Breaking: Ga Court agrees to hear Trump's appeal to also remove Fani Willis from case (in addition to bone rider Wade)

Posted by: Frank G 2024-05-08 09:43

#3

But did GA FULLY address the proven 1,000 Mule Ballot issues?

Or investigate why Abram's NY Staff had accidentally left over 4,500 Mail-in ballots in his rental car at the Alt. Airport when he returned to NY?

Posted by: NN2N1 2024-05-08 07:59

#2 Why believe your lying eyes of the video showing poll workers 'after hours' taking ballots out of storage and feeding the machines.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-05-08 07:15

#1 With 2024 presidential contest looming, Georgia governor signs new election changes into law

Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-08 05:37

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