Georgia Investigates Huge Dem County for Mishandling Ballots, Counting Them Anyway

"The investigation includes not only whether DeKalb County properly complied with the documentation required by the State Election Board but also whether the actual procedures used by DeKalb adequately protected chain of custody for ballots returned to drop boxes."

In June, a similar investigation had been launched into Fulton County, home to Atlanta and the state's most populous county.

On Aug. 30, the Georgia Star News first reported that nearly three-quarters of the absentee ballots retrieved from drop boxes during the 2020 election - 43,907 out of 61,731 - were counted despite violations of the state's chain of custody rules.

"That rule states absentee ballots placed in drop boxes, 'shall be immediately transported to the county registrar' by the two person collection team, which is required to sign a ballot transfer form indicating the number of ballots picked up, the time the ballots were picked up, and the location of the drop box, and that, 'The county registrar or a designee thereof shall sign the ballot transfer form upon receipt of the ballots from the collection team,'" the Georgia Star's Laura Baigert reported.

Raffensperger's office said most Georgia counties didn't submit their chain of custody forms for ballots put into drop boxes until January or February, Solomon reported.

At the time Raffensperger wasn't publicly investigating the county and the Georgia Star's report had stayed under the radar.

In short, this is hardly about the "Big lie." Rather, it's the fact that, from all appearances, two of Georgia's biggest counties - Democrat strongholds both - apparently played fast and loose with Georgia law when it came to absentee ballots during the 2020 election.
 

https://www.westernjournal.com/knew-georgia-investigates-huge-dem-county-mishandling-ballots-counting-anyway/