Here is what we know before the upcoming audit.
- More than 100 batches of absentee ballots — each containing approximately 100 or more ballots — were assigned tracking numbers before being sent to one of the five absentee vote-counting machines in Fulton County but are not subsequently recorded in the handwritten logs showing which batches were scanned and counted, raising concerns the ballots may be missing.
- More than two dozen batches of absentee ballots were identified as having been double-scanned on the tally sheets.
- Five sequential batches of absentee votes each appeared with the exact same vote count of 392 for Biden, 96 for President Donald Trump, and 3 for Libertarian Jo Jorgensen, a count that state officials admitted was a statistical impossibility.
- Many control sheets for absentee ballot batches counted during the state's audit did not check a box indicating the ballot came from a secure container, raising the possibility that ballots were stored insecurely or that multiple batches of ballots were sealed in a single container.
That appears to be FRAUD.
Records suggest more than 100 batches of absentee ballots in Fulton County could be missing. Some experts see "election tabulation malpractice" as state officials seek to remove county's top election supervisors.
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There is definitely enough evidence of election fraud and malfeasance due to incompetence to justify a full forensic audit of Fulton County ballots.
Report: Contractor Wrote Memo to Georgia Sec. of State About Election Issues in Fulton County
Here are excerpts from the memo:
“From day one I have encouraged Georgians with legitimate concerns about the election in their counties to pursue those claims through legal avenues,” Raffensperger
said. “Fulton County has a longstanding history of election mismanagement that has understandably weakened voters’ faith in its system. Allowing this audit provides another layer of transparency and citizen engagement.”
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9:04PM – Rick is hard at work resetting poll pads for precinct SC11 that had only one of two bags of poll pads arrive despite the fact that the system at the warehouse showed that
both had been checked out of the warehouse and were on the way.
Many bags of poll pads and other election materials have not been packed yet and paperwork is not matching up (e.g. JC09). I had previously been told that the chaos was
caused by a shipping company calling this morning and cancelling their delivery, but this is clearly not the sole cause of the confusion. Fulton has not prepared their shipment
even if they had someone to ship it.
10:05PM – I speak with Johnny Harris, who says that all this chaos with the poll pads was caused by getting a flawed file from the Secretary of State’s office that didn’t mark/remove anyone who had voted during early voting so they were having to updating them all the way until now instead of on Saturday. Ran this by Ryan and Jordan, so say “easy to disprove.” Constant issue is that there isn’t poll pad paperwork to match with the full/loaded cases.
SS15 set aside to be picked up, but was suspiciously light. Opening it revealed that it was empty. It was never filled, so they are setting up the precinct now. Seems like a training/systems issue
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Too many ballots coming in for secure black ballot boxes. They are moving them over from Pryor St. in rolling bins 2k at a time. This seems like a massive chain of custody problem. It is my understanding is that the ballots are supposed to be moved in numbered, sealed boxes to protect them
7:00PM – Staff clearly working harder now that Ralph is here — for much of my time here everyone was joking around, taking breaks, and hanging out with no sense of
urgency.
Now starting to realize that it’s going to be a long night after Ralph pep talk that the rest must be finished by 5pm tomorrow
Need another 15-20k tonight (“Give me three good hours of work) so they can hit 100k.
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11:30PM – Amid reports from local news that the lights are off and the staff have left, I head to state farm.
11:52PM I arrive at State Farm Arena and report to Ryan Germany and Deputy SecretaryJordan Fuchs that they staff are still scanning on all five scanners. “The media just packed up when I released all the staff opening and sorting ballots,” Shaye told me.
The scanners worked to clear what had been processed that day instead of interrupting the processing flow to secure the ballots before leaving. Their goal is to hit Ralph’s 100k by the end of the night.
The scanners are jamming more frequently because of the heavy use. (I learn later that they are not built for this number of scans per day)
1:12AM – I arrive back at the warehouse to double check that materials from Election Day were collected correctly.
As I arrive, I see Rick and other Fulton leadership going through a mail cart. I am told that ‘they are doing a final check to make sure that everything has been recorded’ à moving from one stack to another but Tia, who was doing the intake, is nowhere to be found to give me final numbers. I am (cryptically) told that she is unavailable because she is “dealing with an issue.”
They’re pulling compact flashes (CF) à poll manager put a Mobile 2 CF in Mobile 1 CF slot, which is causing confusion now. People are talking about a “master bus” problem
for the backups, which seems to be causing the confusion.
1:48AM – Tia returns and tells me that 252 precincts have been taken-in and three are still at large.
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2:00PM – Return from lunch to learn that the remaining 2,800 ballots from last night’s drop boxes have been delivered. I am told that all absentee ballots (aside from UOCAVA) are here now. Again, this shipment came in mail carts instead of black ballot bins – Chain of custody issues.
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That’s only just halfway through the memorandum. Much of the remainder details the constant logistical problems encountered by Fulton County simply because of the massive volume of mailed-in ballots that were used, due to changes in Georgia election law made ostensibly because of COVID concerns.
Entries that follow refer repeatedly to understaffing, staff being tired, mistakes being made, etc. This appears to be a combination of incompetence and a first-time election process where mailed-in ballots processed under the new rules was a number exponentially larger than any number of mailed-in ballots ever processed before, and the outcome of the election was decided by the mailed-in, ballot vote count.
The memorandum is a prime piece of evidence showing why the Georgia legislature was right to reverse many of the changes that were made in the election laws leading up to the 2020 election cycle, and return the voting process to the earlier system that didn’t create the kinds of confusion and mistakes which are reflected.