Fulton County Admits to Illegally Certifying 315,000 Votes in 2020 Election

Fulton County's Election Irregularities

• 🏛️ Fulton County has admitted that approximately 315,000 early votes from the 2020 election were illegally certified but still included in the final results.
• 📜 This admission came during a hearing before the Georgia State Election Board, stemming from a challenge filed by election integrity activist David Cross.
• ⚠️ Cross alleged that Fulton County violated Georgia statute by counting hundreds of thousands of votes even though poll workers failed to sign off on the vote tabulation tapes, which are critical for certification.

Legal and Procedural Failures

• ✍️ Fulton County's attorney confirmed that the county does not dispute that the tapes were not signed, acknowledging it was a violation of the rule.
• 🔍 Investigations found that 36 out of 37 advanced voting precincts in Fulton County failed to sign tabulation tapes as required by statute.
• 🚫 Furthermore, officials at 32 polling sites failed to verify their zero tapes, which are meant to show that voting machines start at zero votes.
• 📜 The absence of signed tapes means there is no legal certification that the reported totals are authentic, rendering the 315,000 votes uncertified by definition.

Justice Department Lawsuit and Wider Implications

• ⚖️ The U.S. Justice Department has filed a federal lawsuit against Fulton County for failing to comply with a federal subpoena requesting ballot and election records from the 2020 presidential race.
• 📄 The DOJ aims to ensure Georgia's compliance with federal election laws and investigate "unexplained anomalies in vote tabulation."
• 💰 The State Election Board voted to refer the case to the Georgia Attorney General's office, recommending sanctions against Fulton County and a potential $5,000 fine for each missing tabulator tape.
• 🗣️ The speaker notes that these issues are often dismissed as "administrative errors" but argues that repeated failures suggest intentional actions, not mistakes.

Historical Context and Trump's Call

• 📞 The video references a December 2020 phone call between President Donald Trump and then-Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, where Trump asked Ralston to call a special session to address potential fraud.
• 🏛️ Ralston's chief of staff stated that the speaker had no legal authority to unilaterally convene a special session and that Ralston fulfilled his constitutional duties.
• 📢 The speaker criticizes Republicans who did not challenge the 2020 election results, suggesting history will not look favorably upon them.

Concerns Over Accountability

• 📉 The speaker expresses dissatisfaction with the proposed sanctions, arguing that individuals responsible for these failures should face arrest and imprisonment, not just fines paid by taxpayers.
• 📢 The video concludes by highlighting that this situation, where election irregularities are admitted years later, is presented as another instance of a "right-wing conspiracy theory" turning out to be true.