Posted on 12/14/2020 4:14:25 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) ordered an audit of voter signatures on absentee ballots in Cobb County on Monday, a move that will have no effect on the outcome of the presidential election in Georgia.
According to Raffensperger, allegations that the signature-matching process in Cobb County had not been done properly were received by his office. Raffensperger said at a press conference he may also order a statewide audit, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
The audit in Cobb County will take two weeks, the paper reported, and may be able to show if signatures on absentee ballot-envelopes match signatures kept on file. However the newspaper noted that signatures cannot be matched to ballots after envelopes have been opened.
Apart from complaints from President Trump and his supporters, there has been no indication of problems with absentee ballot signature verification, according to the Journal-Constitution.
The paper noted that the rate of absentee ballots rejected due to mismatching or missing signatures remained the same, about 0.15 percent.
On Nov. 20, Raffensperger certified the results of the election, making Biden's win official in the state.
Previous audits conducted by the state revealed no evidence of voter fraud, though flaws in the voting system were uncovered such as thousands of ballots that had gone unscanned. A hand recount ordered by Raffensperger did not change the results of the election either, maintaining Biden's lead over Trump in the state.
Early voting for the Georgia Senate runoff races began Monday with more than 1 million absentee ballots requested. The election between Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and Democratic challengers Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, respectively, will take place on Jan. 5. The outcome of those elections will determine which party controls the Senate.
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Probably not even a problematic county either....
Republican run? Where Trump won yes?
Of course the signatures will be fine.
The result will probably be in line with the norm and then that will shut down the need for the rest of the audits. I would be looking at who is doing the signature audit.
Are there any results of any investigation that would impact a Biden win?
Just asking for a friend......
> “..... results won’t affect Biden win”
Oh!
Walmart has a sale, I need to get there!
Fulton and Dekalb are the two primary concerns....not Cobb.
Why would a limited significant sample in one county take two weeks?
David Shafer
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Why not audit Fulton County where two election board members voted against certifying the election because they do not believe that signature matching took place?
@GaSecofState
@GabrielSterling
Yeah they think he is so you probably won’t see them allowing that in Fulton county
#rubyfreeman admits guilt
Why the slow walk?
Why Cobb County?
Why are the Georgia officials contstantly saying that there was no fraud in Georgia without evidence?
Do these officials really care about election integrity?
how ‘bout fulton co? raffie? have you seen the video?
whats the point of the audit then?
Try auditing Fulton County, which is Atlanta proper.
Cobb County is in Atlanta metro so is definitely a problem county, just not the largest. Fulton County is the largest problem area.
The devil is in the details and I have not seen these yet. Our SOS is a weasel and is not to be trusted.
Won’t affect? Then why do it?
“””The audit in Cobb County will take two weeks, the paper reported, “””
1. Trump asked for signature verification four weeks ago. Why the delay?
2. Who will be the auditors of the signatures? Same folks who did not compare the signatures on Nov 3?
These RINOrats must know something we common folks do not.
Namely, RINOrats must know that most Republican voters have zero long term memory.
So the outcome is a foregone conclusion?
There was no “ Biden win”
The audit in Cobb County will take two weeks, the paper reported, and may be able to show if signatures on absentee ballot-envelopes match signatures kept on file. However the newspaper noted that signatures cannot be matched to ballots after envelopes have been opened.
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there has been no indication of problems with absentee ballot signature verification, according to the Journal-Constitution.
The paper noted that the rate of absentee ballots rejected due to mismatching or missing signatures remained the same, about 0.15 percent.
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