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Two elections workers in Georgia's most populous county have been fired for allegedly shredding voter registration documents illegally, the elections director for Fulton County announced Monday.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger issued a press release about the workers' firings that said his office is investigating the allegations. The release said an estimated 300 election-related documents for Georgia's municipal elections were allegedly shredded. Election-related documents for primary or general elections are required to be kept in Georgia for at least 24 months following the election in question, according to Raffensperger's office.
The documents that were allegedly shredded were received over the last few weeks, Fulton County Registration and Elections Director Richard Barron said in a news release.
The workers, who were not publicly identified, were thought to have checked out the voter materials to process them but were suspected of shredding some of the documents instead. Some of their co-workers noticed the alleged activity and reported it to their supervisors on October 8. The two workers accused of shredding the documents were subsequently fired, county elections officials said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/georgia-elections-workers-fired-after-hundreds-of-registration-applications-found-shredded/ar-AAPokEs
Wait for TFG to claim this is proof he won Georgia.
Tetrachloride
(7,865 posts)Gather the data first.
Mad_Machine76
(24,426 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Same reason its always some yahoo getting caught committing in person voter fraud - they get these idiots whipped up into a frenzy so they commit felonies.
tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)Wondering who and why they did this. We are getting ready for the Mayoral election to replace Mayor Bottoms. A republican is not going to win the race for Mayor.
Practice run for the Governors race where the margins will be tighter?
Me.
(35,454 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)They should be charged. I assume an election law applies to this. If not, then why not.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)and the people who sent them in will show up at the polls on election day and wonder why their names aren't found.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)I suggest the people of Georgia demand the same from their local election authorities, if they don't already have it.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)I'm just always surprised how many people don't know that. We also have same day registrtaion & you cast an actual, not a provisional, ballot if you register on election day.
iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)decision to shred ballots. A manager/ supervisor had to instruct them to do so. The manager/ supervisor should be fired, not the workers.