After the midterm election in Cobb County, Georgia, was over, and all of the winners for the local races were already called, someone happened to discover a memory card lying around that was previously overlooked. This was a memory card from one of the tabulation machines containing vote counts that were previously not included in the…
‘Lost’ Memory Card With 800 Uncounted Votes Flips Election Result in Georgia | Facts Matter
Uncounted Votes on Overlooked Memory Card Flips Election in Georgia
An overlooked memory card with uncounted ballots changed the final results of a special election in Cobb County, Georgia, officials said last week. The Cobb’s Board of Elections and Registration voted to recertify the results of the Nov. 8 Kennesaw City Council special election during a Nov. 18 meeting, according to a news release. “The recertification was…
Judge Gives Over 1,000 Georgia Voters Extra Time to Mail in Absentee Ballots
A Georgia judge on Monday agreed to have the ballot return deadline extended for about 1,000 Cobb County absentee voters who didn’t have their requested mail ballots sent out by elections officials. The consent order (pdf) from Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill means that the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration will send replacement ballots to the 1,046…
Georgia County Predicts $100 Million Revenue Loss After MLB Pulls All-Star Game
A Georgia county predicted that it would lose $100 million in revenue after Major League Baseball (MLB) pulled its All-Star Game over a voting law that was signed into law by the governor last month. “This event would have directly impacted our county and the state, as visitors spend their dollars on local accommodations, transportation,…
‘Statistically Impossible’: Poll Observer Says 90 Percent of Military Ballots in Georgia County Went for Biden
A poll observer in Georgia said during a state Senate subcommittee meeting that she witnessed upwards of 90 percent of the military ballots being cast for Joe Biden. Debbie Fisher, an observer in Cobb County, said Wednesday that she was part of the voter review for the Nov. 16 hand recount. Fisher stated that on that…
Georgia’s Cobb County Audit Shows ‘No Fraudulent Absentee Ballots’ and 2 Mismatched Signatures
A limited signature match audit in Georgia’s Cobb County has found “no fraudulent absentee ballots” and two mismatched ballots, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office announced on Tuesday. “The Secretary of State’s office has always been focused on calling balls and strikes in elections and, in this case, three strikes against the voter fraud claims…
Warnock Campaigns Outside Georgia Polling Site
At a polling site in Cobb County, senate candidate Raphael Warnock was seen campaigning. “As I got finished voting, I walked out and the Warnock bus pulled in. Warnock was on there, they had their whole entourage. They had all the mainstream media that were there—The New York Times. They just had all these followers,…
Georgia County Elections Board Dismisses Challenges to Voter Roll
Challenges to over 16,000 people on the voter roll in a Georgia County have been dismissed by an elections board. The Cobb Board of Elections and Registration voted on Friday to dismiss three complaints that sought to remove voters from the roll. Jason Shepherd, the chairman of the Republican Party in the county, told the…
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