We @CoalitionGoodGv have not had a lot to say (yet!) about the @VoterGa claims of thousands of inaccurately counted ballots in Fulton. We believe there are definitely some inexcusable errors, but the claims appear to be wildly exaggerated as to impacts on official results. 1/
2/ We have confirmed that two batches of 100 ballots were scanned twice, and they were likely counted twice but we are still confirming whether the duplicate scanned votes recorded as official.

But don't let @GaSecofState off the hook on this.
He certified the tallies.
3/ SOS had audit tallies long before he let Fulton officials see them. He claimed that everything balanced, (it didn't). He ordered a machine recount with ridiculous processes, and of course got a sloppy result. (Not just from Fulton).

SOS knew the numbers first,-buried them
4/ Don't let people tell you that double scanning did not impact the tallies, because of the recount.
It DID likely impact the down ballot race tallies, but likely NO change in down ballot winners and losers.

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17 Jul
The problems with @GaSecofState' audit were inevitable from day it was announced.
We @CoalitionGoodGv sent this letter to the press and county election officials on Nov. 12 raising some of the very issues that have invited so much misinformation.
➡️ conta.cc/3kp4ygK
1/ Image
2/ The SOS issued a LOT of false statements, misinformation, nonsensical directions to the counties, and imposed an impossible deadline given the working conditions.
He insisted that they use a software program that was not designed for this scale of "audit," assuring failure.
3/ Ask any of the many data entry workers who had to deal with an electronic audit worksheet where they could not see what data they were entering, or checking it for accuracy.
Monitors were not permitted to check accuracy of anything.
Transparency failure!
Read 4 tweets
16 Jul
1 So @TuckerCarlson and @GAballots are breaking GA's new absurd unconstitutional SB202 law when they take these photographs and videos of voted ballots.

Although I disagree with most of their claims, I'll fight for their ability to show us the evidence!

SB202 outlawed this. ⬇️
2/ Why did @GaSecofState insist on making it illegal to show pictures of ballots, and pushed that in SB202?
We have sued to have this language declared unconstitutional. We call it the "Photography Ban."
3/ And if a reporter or poll watcher saw these ballots being scanned twice, it is now, thanks to @GaSecofState' language in SB202, a crime for anyone to report it to the public or law enforcement!
We are suing to block this "gag rule."
Read 5 tweets
16 Jul
1/ Hey, @GAballots and @VoterGa, where does this 4,255 "extra votes" allegation come from?
I assume that it is NOT that 4K votes were added to any official totals, right?
Note below that hand count tally is 634 more than original.
2/ We agree that there are 2 batches (so far) that were scanned twice and appear (?) to be counted twice. We are still confirming the vote count impact.
Are there more than 2 batches scanned twice?
How are you confirming that they were counted twice?
3/ And no one should let @GabrielSterling and @GaSecofState off the hook here. They had audit numbers and recount numbers before officials at Fulton had them. They said that all the numbers "checked out" and certified them.

Buck stops at SOS office!!
Read 4 tweets
9 Jul
I wouldn't brush off this DeKalb takeover attempt as fast as you do, @Brambleman.
I think that there are GOP leaders in some counties who would sacrifice local bi-partisan oversight to gain top down non-transparent autocratic election management.
See below .1/
2/ The @ajc doesn't have it quite right on how the takeovers can work. While yes, a "performance review" can be initiated by various officials, the far more direct route is for the St. Board to act on its own motion to remove the county board on 3 trivial "violations."
3/ The @ajc oddly does not mention the more realistic possibility of SEB taking over the county bd. on its own motion, and can be recommended by anyone, like McCarthy.
It's a dangerous thing she's doing, and can have grave anti-democratic results if the SEB listens to her.
Read 4 tweets
4 Jul
1/ Why would GA's GOP lawmakers vote almost unanimously to ban photos like this one? SB202's Photography Ban criminalizes photography or recording of any voted ballot.
It is part of a group of bans to conceal the election operations from the public.
2/ It is a package of First Amendment infringements to restrict transparency. There's a Gag Rule and Estimating Bans in addition to the Photography Ban.

Here's an example of how all three can come into play.
Notice anything weird in the photo of this CO ballot below?
3/ I discovered hundreds of ballots like this --marked with the both blue and black ink in a small county, in a fairly small election in 2012.
Yes, it was mail ballot fraud, with someone marking races in undervotes races.
Reported it to CO AG.
Read 7 tweets
1 Jul
1/ Tomorrow (Thursday) at 10am watch the first court hearing on SB202. Our Motion for Preliminary Injunction on some (not all) of the challenged provisions is being heard. Will be a zoom hearing. 1/
2/ You will hear why this informative type of Nov. reporting from CNN is now criminalized. (Violates SB202's "Photography Ban," the "Gag Rule," & the "Estimating Ban," now in place.)
cnn.com/videos/politic…
3/ What @GaSecofState and SB202 "Yea" votes are clearly trying to do is to have the state control elections from behind closed doors, leaving citizens and press outside with their noses pressed against the window pane to see what the gov't is doing with their votes.
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