Remember this incident? According to Robb Pitts, the ballot room was not breached or compromised (which I seriously doubt). The storage site for the story below is in The Bluff, which is not the same site as the ones missing from the Fulton Industrial Blvd site.
Fulton County officials: Alarm activated at election warehouse, but ballot room not accessed
The matter is currently being reviewed by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, officials said.
Author: LaPorsche Thomas | 9:37 PM EDT June 1, 2021 | Updated: 5:49 AM EDT June 2, 2021FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton County officials said a security alarm was "activated" on Saturday at a warehouse where election ballots are stored.
During a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Rob Pitts Chairman of Fulton County Board of Commissioners said the room where the ballots are kept "was never breached or compromised."
"Because of current litigation, I am unable to disclose much beyond that critical fact," Pitts said. "The ballots remain safe, despite what some may have you believe."
The matter is currently being reviewed by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, officials said. Pitts said they are still working to learn how the door was opened, why it was opened, and who opened it. However, Pitts said he is confident the issue will be put to rest at the end of the investigation.
There were off-duty Douglas County deputies, working for an unrelated security company at the time, aware of the alarm and made a security check which can be seen on surveillance video, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick “Pat” Labat said.
Labat said the off-duty deputies, who were not working for Fulton County, found a door that was unlocked. However, the door was not open. The sheriff said the building is being secured 24/7 by Fulton County Sheriff's Office, however, there was a shift change that left prior to the alarm going off that they are investigating.
Labat said the ballots are protected behind two doors. The first door is a 75 to 100 pound steel door "with a spring to match." The actual ballots are behind a secondary door that is locked with a secondary alarm, Labat stated.
"It is a motion sensor on the second floor which is totally independent of the location where the ballots are," Labat said. He went on to say they are trying to find out what set that alarm off.
"Those are the facts," he said. "I am 3,000% confident and understand that the ballots are secure. There is no question about that. . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyWsJj1vaGghttps://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/alarm-activated-at-ballot-location-not-breached/85-3146dfe7-7d46-499b-aa7f-f8fc8b5ff18c
