FBI & DOJ Investigate 2020 Election Ballots in Fulton County, Georgia

Election Irregularities in Fulton County

• 🗳️ The FBI and DOJ are investigating claims of 2020 election fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, following a report from the Election Oversight Group.
• 📈 Initial reports stated 4.7 million votes were cast in Georgia with only 2% remaining, but the final tally reached over 5.023 million votes.
• 📊 In Fulton County, absentee ballots reportedly surged from 74,000 to over 148,000 between election night and final certification, a shift that reversed the apparent outcome.

Chain of Custody and Verification Issues

• ⚠️ Investigators found that 148,000 absentee ballots were accepted and counted without mandatory signature verification.
• 🚚 Tens of thousands of ballots allegedly arrived at State Farm Arena in unsecured mail carts, raising concerns about chain of custody.
• 📜 The report highlights that a broken chain of custody means evidence cannot be relied upon as accurate.

Missing Tabulator Tapes and Math Discrepancies

• 📉 More than 100 required tabulator tapes, representing about 315,000 early votes, were reportedly not signed or improperly signed.
• ❓ State investigators could not locate required zero tapes for early voting on many machines, which are essential to prove machines started at zero.
• 🧮 The county recorded 148,318 absentee ballots counted, yet only 125,785 voters were recorded, a discrepancy of over 22,000 ballots.

Distrust in Election Outcomes

• 🧐 Philip Stark from Berkeley noted real reasons to distrust the election outcome, even if not widespread fraud.
• 🎭 He warned that unreliable ballot marking devices could make recounts mere "security theater."
• 🏛️ Republics collapse when half the country believes the referee is unreliable, leading to a loss of faith in the electoral process.

Restoring Confidence and Transparency

• 💡 The investigation is crucial not to prove someone right or wrong, but to understand what happened and prevent it from happening again.
• ☀️ If the system is sound, it needs to be proven in daylight; if procedures failed, they must be fixed openly.
• ⚖️ Missing records and contradictory audits erode public trust, making elections a source of permanent suspicion rather than a peaceful transfer of power.
• 🗣️ The press has a right and duty to question the government, ensuring a verifiable process with paper trails and public counts.