Fulton County and SOS Plan to Destroy Unused Ballots
Recently we reported on the discovery of an eleventh-hour, massive Fulton County order of overĀ 1 million absentee/by mail ballots. Our reporting analyzed the explanation given by the Georgia Secretary of State Elections Coordinator, Gabriel Sterling, and found it deficient for several reasons.
Mr. Sterling claimed that the ballots were ordered to serve as a backup plan in case the machines couldnāt be properly logic and accuracy tested before the election, as required by Georgia law. However, we reported that couldnāt have been the reason because the ballots were ordered after early voting had already begun. Our contention was basically that the machines were already being used at the time of the order; therefore, testing couldnāt have been the issue.
Ironically, we have found, and reported earlier this week, that the Fulton CountyĀ voting machinesĀ were not logic and accuracy tested before the start of early voting. However, Fulton County proceeded to use the untested machines anyway. This revelation only further negates Mr. Sterlingās excuse that the issue of testing precipitated the āemergencyā ballot order and bolsters our reporting.
Following this weekās article, former Fulton County precinct manager Bridget Thorne contacted us with this revelation:
Ms. Thorne is correct. The ballots ordered from Runbeck were ordered with āno stubsā as shown here:
A researcher, M. White, had previously provided this information, but we were unable to independently corroborate the stubsā relevance until now.
We were just made aware of another interesting issue. It seemsĀ Fulton CountyĀ is destroying the āEmergencyā ballots:
In addition to the obvious problem of destroying documents from the electionāeven if they are unusedāthere is an issue with the number they intend to destroy. The notice states there are only 284,901 emergency ballots remaining, but as our reporting showed, Fulton County ordered a total of 1,058,210 emergency ballots. In the notice,Ā Fulton CountyĀ claims the emergency ballots were ordered as a contingency plan and thus never needed. Gabriel Sterling said the same:
They got hit by COVID. They was concern they couldnāt do logic & accuracy testing of the equipment. As a plan C, they ordered enough emergency ballots in case they had to do handmarked at all polling locations. They didnāt. The ordered ballots were known & in view all@the time.
ā Gabriel Sterling (@GabrielSterling) October 9, 2021
Where are the missing 773,309 ballots?
More to come soon.
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