Overview
- At a Dec. 9 State Election Board hearing, Fulton County’s attorney said the county does not dispute that required tabulation tapes from 2020 early voting were not signed, calling it a rule violation.
- An investigation by the Georgia Secretary of State’s office previously sustained findings that 36 of 37 advanced voting sites failed to sign tabulation tapes and that 32 sites did not verify zero tapes.
- Activist David Cross says records he obtained include 134 tabulator tapes representing roughly 315,000 early votes without signatures, and he asked the board to sanction the county and decertify its 2020 advanced voting results.
- Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the issue reflects clerical shortcomings that do not erase lawful ballots, and his office notes there is no legal mechanism to overturn results for failing to follow a board rule.
- Fulton County officials say leadership, facilities, procedures, and training have been overhauled since 2020, and state officials point to multiple recounts and audits that scrutinized the election results.