An attorney representing Georgia citizens who secured the right to review over 145,000 absentee ballots cast in Fulton County in November told the judge overseeing the case that a top county election official could not say how many absentee ballots were printed.
Plaintiff's attorney Bob Cheeley told Judge Brian Amero on Friday that Fulton County Registration Chief Ralph Jones, during a pretrial deposition, estimated the county printed 20,000 absentee ballots through a vendor in the 10 days leading up to the election.
Cheeley further recounted that he queried Jones about whether any of the ballots were left over, but the official could not say.
Cheeley told The Western Journal via email Wednesday that he had yet to receive those figures from the county concerning the ballots printed and used, or a copy of the printing invoice, despite the deposition of Jones taking place back on May 17.
"Protocol for securing ballots exists not only in securing the ballots themselves but also ensuring no ballot stuffing occurred," it said.
While standing with election observers, "Jones had to intervene to stop a temporary staffer from moving a pile of recently-accepted but unverified absentee ballots into the stack going straight to State Farm Arena for scanning and counting."
Do you find the county's apparent lack of knowledge of the number of absentee ballots printed troubling?
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Fulton County, GA, Election Official Can't Say How Many Absentee Ballots Were Printed: Audit Attorney
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