Georgia: Legal Updates

[Hoodat]

You mean the same stupid GA SOS who rebuked Trump that the election was sound and accurate?

He's got to be crawling under a rock right now.

The Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State are all on the take.  And the Lt. Governor has been marginalized with some other unrelated scandal that he is bowing out at the end of his term.

[Hoodat]

She reminds me of a song...

Going downtown, gonna see my gal

Gonna sing her a song
I'm gonna show her my ding dong!

=Blind Melon Chitlin'

[mystery-ak]

Georgia Secretary of State Announces Investigation of Fulton County over Missing Ballot FormsKatherine Hamilton 15 Jun 2021

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger tweeted Monday that Fulton County is under investigation by his office for its inability to produce ballot drop box transfer forms for absentee ballots from the November 3, 2020, general election.

The investigation follows a lengthy piece by the Georgia Star News, in which a Fulton County election official admitted that “a few forms are missing” and that “some procedural paperwork may have been misplaced.”

According to records cited by the Georgia Star News, Fulton County should have been able to provide the publication with an estimated 1,565 transfer forms upon an Open Records Request. Since the publication requested the documents several months ago, the county has reportedly provided 1,180 transfer forms, which can be viewed here.

At least 385 absentee ballot transfer forms are still missing, which would account for approximately 18,901 votes. The number is decidedly higher than “a few” — President Joe Biden won the state of Georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes.

more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/15/georgia-secretary-of-state-raffensperger-announces-investigation-of-fulton-county-over-missing-absentee-ballot-transfer-forms/

[Cyber Liberty]

Georgia Secretary of State Announces Investigation of Fulton County over Missing Ballot FormsKatherine Hamilton 15 Jun 2021

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger tweeted Monday that Fulton County is under investigation by his office for its inability to produce ballot drop box transfer forms for absentee ballots from the November 3, 2020, general election.

The investigation follows a lengthy piece by the Georgia Star News, in which a Fulton County election official admitted that “a few forms are missing” and that “some procedural paperwork may have been misplaced.”

According to records cited by the Georgia Star News, Fulton County should have been able to provide the publication with an estimated 1,565 transfer forms upon an Open Records Request. Since the publication requested the documents several months ago, the county has reportedly provided 1,180 transfer forms, which can be viewed here.

At least 385 absentee ballot transfer forms are still missing, which would account for approximately 18,901 votes. The number is decidedly higher than “a few” — President Joe Biden won the state of Georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes.

more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/15/georgia-secretary-of-state-raffensperger-announces-investigation-of-fulton-county-over-missing-absentee-ballot-transfer-forms/

When the hand gets flashy, stop and take a look at what the other hand is doing.  What's really going on?  Riff-raff has been throwing around all this crap about the "honest election" for half a year, and now he's freaking out over paperwork? 

Doesn't feel right.   Doesn't pass the smell test.

[BassWrangler]

When the hand gets flashy, stop and take a look at what the other hand is doing.  What's really going on?  Riff-raff has been throwing around all this crap about the "honest election" for half a year, and now he's freaking out over paperwork? 

Doesn't feel right.   Doesn't pass the smell test.

Reminds me of the way Jake Trapper will occasionally make a point sympathetic to the right as a way of trying to conceal the fact that he's a biased, left-wing idealogue with zero journalistic integrity.

[Hoodat]

Georgia audit documents expose significant election failures in state's largest county

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.

John Solomon and Daniel Payne   |   Updated: June 17, 2021 - 10:28am

ocuments that Georgia's largest county submitted to state officials as part of a post-election audit highlight significant irregularities in the Atlanta area during last November's voting, ranging from identical vote tallies repeated multiple times to large batches of absentee ballots that appear to be missing from the official ballot-scanning records.

The problems in predominantly Democratic Fulton County potentially impact thousands of ballots in a presidential race that Joe Biden was certified as winning statewide by fewer than 12,000 votes.

The memos reviewed by Just the News include the handwritten tally sheets for all absentee ballots counted by the county as well as a private report from a contractor hired by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to monitor the Atlanta-area election process. The report, which chronicled seven days of problems, recorded troubling behavior like the mysterious removal of a suitcase of sensitive election data known as polls pads, used to authenticate voters.

"Learn that Rick reprogramming poll pads earlier was setting up a new precinct for SC11 because someone took the wrong suitcase but only took one," the contractor Seven Hills Strategy wrote late on Nov. 2, the night before Election Day. "Seems to be a mystery who this person was --> Should have chain of custody paperwork!! That means that a stranger just walked out with sensitive election materials?"  .  .  .

SOS7HillStrategyFultonCountyNotes.pdf

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/georgia-audit-documents-show-unsecured-missing-ballot-batches-ballots

[Hoodat]

From the article above:

"Fulton County's inability to account for so many batches reported from a November hand recount audit amounts to election tabulation malpractice," he said. "Anyone who can count should know that is unacceptable. This evidence produced in court on May 21 justified the audit which Judge Amero ordered of the absentee ballots and envelopes."

In other words, they knew after the recount that these discrepancies existed, but gave the recount a clean bill of health.  This set the stage for the same discrepancies being repeated in the January senate races.  If they had acted on this back in November, then Purdue would have avoided a runoff and kept his Senate seat.

[BassWrangler]

From the article above:

In other words, they knew after the recount that these discrepancies existed, but gave the recount a clean bill of health.  This set the stage for the same discrepancies being repeated in the January senate races.  If they had acted on this back in November, then Purdue would have avoided a runoff and kept his Senate seat.

Did you see this article? I forgot where I saw it, so it may have been posted here:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/failed-gubernatorial-candidate-stacey-abrams-hired-controlled-staffing-fulton-county-georgias-2020-election/

According to the article, Abrams, the gap-toothed election sow, via companies she controls, had control over election tabulation in Fulton County.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Georgia audit documents expose significant election failures in state's largest county

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 and incarcerate for election fraud county's top election supervisors.

What this should be saying.

Removing a criminal from employment does not eliminate the intimidation someone else will do the same.

[thackney]

[Records suggest more than 100 batches of absentee ballots in Fulton County could be missing.

I would like to see the count of the ballots they have found, and the vote count.  Are 99% of the missing batches of ballots for Biden?  This should be revealed.

[Cyber Liberty]

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I would like to see the count of the ballots they have found, and the vote count.  Are 99% of the missing batches of ballots for Biden?  This should be revealed.

I'd bet money they're Trump ballots.

[thackney]

I'd bet money they're Trump ballots.

I was thinking of ballots used in the vote count then disappeared to avoid looking like obvious copies.

[Cyber Liberty]

I was thinking of ballots used in the vote count then disappeared to avoid looking like obvious copies.

I can see that. But I think the plan is to attempt to "preserve" Biteme's "lead," not CYA for minions.

[Hoodat]

I was thinking of ballots used in the vote count then disappeared to avoid looking like obvious copies.

Those ballots haven't disappeared.  They are still sitting there, having been run through the machines multiple times.  What is missing is extra ballots needed to account for the duplicate votes.

[Smokin Joe]

Those ballots haven't disappeared.  They are still sitting there, having been run through the machines multiple times.  What is missing is extra ballots needed to account for the duplicate votes.

That's what I figured, too.

[sneakypete]

I can see that. But I think the plan is to attempt to "preserve" Biteme's "lead," not CYA for minions.

@Cyber Liberty

Minions are never anything more than cannon fodder.

[mystery-ak]

BREAKING: Trump Releases Statement After Georgia Purges Over 100k Names From Voter Rolls — ‘Why Wasn’t This Done BEFORE The Election?’
https://en-volve.com/2021/06/22/breaking-trump-releases-statement-after-georgia-purges-over-100k-names-from-voter-rolls-why-wasnt-this-done-before-the-election/

[BassWrangler]

BREAKING: Trump Releases Statement After Georgia Purges Over 100k Names From Voter Rolls — ‘Why Wasn’t This Done BEFORE The Election?’
https://en-volve.com/2021/06/22/breaking-trump-releases-statement-after-georgia-purges-over-100k-names-from-voter-rolls-why-wasnt-this-done-before-the-election/

He's got a point!

[Cyber Liberty]

He's got a point!

I think States do the purges after elections.  Laws govern these actions, although they are often followed in the breach.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I think States do the purges after elections.  Laws govern these actions, although they are often followed in the breach.

Nothing prevents a state from doing a purge any time the legislature sees fit.

[Cyber Liberty]

Nothing prevents a state from doing a purge any time the legislature sees fit.

That's correct.  In AZ, there's one done following elections, by the authority of the Legislature.  It should never done right before an election.

[HoustonSam]

That's correct.  In AZ, there's one done following elections, by the authority of the Legislature.  It should never done right before an election.

That seems counter-intuitive to me.  Why is this?

[skeeter]

That seems counter-intuitive to me.  Why is this?

I agree. Cleaning the voter rolls immediately after an election will guarantee the losing side will have a legitimate grievance each and every time.

[HoustonSam]

I agree. Cleaning the voter rolls immediately after an election will guarantee the losing side will have a grievance each and every time.

While cleaning them immediately before seems harmless, because the names being purged should not be on the voter rolls anyway.

What am I not seeing here?

[skeeter]

While cleaning them immediately before seems harmless, because the names being purged should not be on the voter rolls anyway.

Harmless unless your aim is to 'pants' the honest citizenry.