WSJ Editorial Rebukes Claims Georgia’s Unsigned Tapes Prove a Stolen 2020 Election

Overview

• The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board rejected assertions that an unsigned-tapes lapse in Fulton County proves Trump won Georgia in 2020.
• An attorney for the Fulton County Elections Board acknowledged at a December hearing that workers failed to sign tabulator tapes for early voting in 2020.
• Pro-Trump outlets framed the admission as proof that roughly 315,000 early ballots were invalid, a claim the Journal said lacks evidentiary support.
• The editorial noted Georgia’s ballots were counted three times, including a statewide hand tally, which it said confirmed the machine totals.
• Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called the missing signatures a clerical issue and his office said the requirement was a procedural rule, not election code.