Another ballot audit set to move ahead in Fulton County, Georgia, as judge rules absentee ballots can be unsealed
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Yet another ballot audit is set to move ahead in Georgia’s most populous county after a judge ruled Friday that absentee ballots could be unsealed for parties looking to examine them for evidence of fraud.
The review of Fulton County’s absentee ballots, which is not set to begin until the judge reviews the terms of the audit, comes as conservatives have clamored for election audits in a number of states in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s November loss. The baseless belief that there was widespread fraud has persisted among some Republicans, despite the lack of evidence.
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Yet another ballot audit is set to move ahead in Georgia's most populous county after a judge ruled Friday that absentee ballots could be unsealed for parties looking to examine them for evidence of fraud.
Judge allows self-described anti-fraud group to review Georgia ballots By Syndicated Content
By Julia Harte
WASHINGTON (Reuters) â A Georgia judge on Friday ordered Atlantaâs Fulton County to unseal more than 145,000 absentee ballots during the November 2020 election, allowing self-described election integrity activists to evaluate the legitimacy of the ballots.
Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero, who is overseeing the case, ruled that Fulton County must unseal the ballots so the petitioners could inspect and scan them, not merely look at copies, according to his order filed in the Fulton County Superior Court.
The order paves the way for a second review of ballots in the United States by private groups who claim without evidence that widespread voting fraud in populous cities helped Joe Biden, a Democrat, unfairly defeat then-President Donald Trump, a Republican.