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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,136 posts)
Mon Oct 11, 2021, 08:19 PM Oct 2021

Georgia Elections Workers Fired After Hundreds of Registration Applications Found Shredded

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.

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Georgia Elections Workers Fired After Hundreds of Registration Applications Found Shredded (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 OP
Names, dates, names of the people on the applications Tetrachloride Oct 2021 #1
Interested to hear more about who was doing what and why Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #2
Bet THey Were Dem Registrations Me. Oct 2021 #3
Yep. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2021 #4
Fulton County is Dem Stronghold. Also lots of black folks tulipsandroses Oct 2021 #6
Forewarned Is Forearmed Me. Oct 2021 #7
Fired exboyfil Oct 2021 #5
It sounds like these were new registrations dflprincess Oct 2021 #8
In my county (Kane County, IL), we can check a website to see if we are registered. Progressive Jones Oct 2021 #10
We can do that here as well (Minnesota) dflprincess Oct 2021 #12
Can't see individual elections workers making unilateral iluvtennis Oct 2021 #9
Well, both TimeToGo Oct 2021 #11

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,335 posts)
4. Yep.
Mon Oct 11, 2021, 08:50 PM
Oct 2021

Same reason it’s 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)
6. Fulton County is Dem Stronghold. Also lots of black folks
Mon Oct 11, 2021, 09:21 PM
Oct 2021

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 Governor’s race where the margins will be tighter?

dflprincess

(28,082 posts)
8. It sounds like these were new registrations
Mon Oct 11, 2021, 10:17 PM
Oct 2021

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)
10. In my county (Kane County, IL), we can check a website to see if we are registered.
Mon Oct 11, 2021, 10:53 PM
Oct 2021

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)
12. We can do that here as well (Minnesota)
Mon Oct 11, 2021, 10:59 PM
Oct 2021

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)
9. Can't see individual elections workers making unilateral
Mon Oct 11, 2021, 10:46 PM
Oct 2021

decision to shred ballots. A manager/ supervisor had to instruct them to do so. The manager/ supervisor should be fired, not the workers.

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