On Nov. 12, the Fulton County Board of Registration and Election (FCBRE ) certified the results of the 2024 election. Because important information was withheld, a member of the board claims that no one could be certain whether the findings were correct.
President-elect Donald Trump won the Peach State but lost Fulton County to Vice President Kamala Harris by 240, 097 vote. The results were then certified on Nov. 12, but board members, who are considered the superintendents of elections, were n’t given access to all the requested election-related documentation, FCBRE member Julie Adams told The Federalist.
” I, along with all of my board members, did not receive the Numbered List of Electors ( the actual names along with their voter register numbers, by precinct and by the method of their voting ) or a list of the cast’s total votes, either by precinct or by vote method,” Adams said. ” But, I have no idea who voted and the votes cast”.
For board members like Adams, the number of votes cast by corridor and voting process must be recorded in order to verify that there were n’t more votes cast than the number of voters who cast ballots. It’s a simple procedure known as peace that happens before certification.
However, Adams, along with the other plank people, were forced to confirm the results of the election. Even if there is a “non-sensical consequence,” election supervisors perhaps never “refuse to accept or abstain from validating election results under any circumstances,” according to Franklin County Superior Judge Robert McBurney in October.
McBurney agreed that” If … an election superintendent ( or member of a board of elections and registration ) determines a need for election information from the staff of the superintendent’s office ( or of the board ), that information, if not protected from disclosure by law, regulation, or rule, should be promptly provided”.
However, McBurney ruled the qualification date could not be ignored according to any delays in exposure to the election-related materials.
On Friday and Tuesday following Election Day, Adams claimed that she had the option to view some election-related documentation but that it was n’t enough time to “analyze data for the largest county in Georgia.” Adams said she was just permitted to write down the information she was reviewing, but was n’t permitted to take photographs, or have duplicates of her own or get something online.
” And we never had the casts of the completed lists of voters and the cast lists of votes cast, either by corridor or by voting approach. The most crucial thing that was missing, in Adams ‘ opinion, was undoubtedly the most crucial. ” We did n’t have anything, including the Numbered List of Absentee Voters ( which includes mail-in and]overseas ballots ]”.
The board members are notified of the documents ‘ release by the election chairman, Nadine Williams, but Adams claims there was a pause in producing the information as a result of the board’s decision to reject more than 8, 000 votes that did not give credit to qualified write-in individuals. Williams claims she frequently inquired about the reputation of the paperwork she requested, but she never received them.
At the time of publishing, Williams did not respond to a request for comment.
Adams says she feared that no voting “yes” on accreditation could lead her to mouth” legal fees” or “lawsuits”. After refusing to rubber-stamp the effects of the national choice major without obtaining election-related files, Adams was originally threatened by the Democratic Party of Georgia in March. In response, Adams filed a lawsuit in May asking for clarification on whether her role is voluntary, meaning that members should simply certify the results if they are comfortable the election was conducted in accordance with the law, and not as a ministerial, meaning that members must formally endorse the results despite any objections.
” I was warring with my feelings”, Adams said about her feelings when election “yes” to accept. ” First I was thinking: ‘ Could n’t I be held legally liable for a vote either way? I have an oath that says,” I will make a true and perfect return,” but the court order requires me to say” Yes.” Regardless of what I do, I am in legal trouble. It is a very unpleasant experience: I am on a voluntary table and am risking legitimate jeopardy”.
And for Adams, it’s not about who won — it’s how they won.
” My president won, I want to go on the record that I proudly voted for President]Donald ] Trump. No matter who won, Adams said,” I may have questioned and wanted to check the results.” ” My focus is for Fulton County Elections to get free, good, and clear. And despite President Trump winning, I still have concerns about votes being free, honest and transparent. They have n’t been transparent to me, as a member of the board of elections. Clearly they have n’t been transparent to voters and candidates”.
After discovering that the region had double-scanned more than 3, 000 vote during the tell, the State Election Board issued a state-level reprimand for the county’s election law violation in May of that year. Two Democratic members of the FCBRE did not vote to confirm the effects, as noted by The Federalist’s Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway in her best-seller Skewed: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Votes.
The state also failed to qualify 1, 326 vote during the 2022 key, resulting in the region having to re-certify the effects after discovering the gap, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
The Federalist’s election journalist, Brianna Lyman. With a diploma in global political economy, Brianna received her diploma from Fordham University. Her job has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Following Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
