Its more uncounted votes!
Posted on 11/21/2022 11:45:48 AM PST by Red Badger
An overlooked memory card in Cobb County, Georgia, with uncounted ballots changed the final results of a special election, officials have said.
The county’s Board of Elections and Registration voted to recertify the results of the Nov. 8 Kennesaw City Council special election during a Nov. 18 meeting, according to a statement.
“The recertification was necessary after workers discovered a memory card had not been included in the previous results. The additional ballots resulted in a change in the Kennesaw City Council Post 1 Special Election,” the release said.
Madelyn Orochena was originally declared the winner of the special election. However, when additional ballots were located on the memory card, Lynette Burnette was shown as the winner of the race by 31 votes, officials told local media.
“Unfortunately, once found we did upload it, and it changed the outcome of the Kennesaw City Council race,” Janine Eveler, Cobb County’s director of elections, told local media outlets.
Cobb election officials said that the memory card was located in Kennesaw when workers were preparing for an audit of the election, according to 11Alive. Further details weren’t provided about why the card was overlooked or where it was located.
A recount was conducted on Nov. 20.
Orochena wrote in a Facebook post that she would file a complaint with the Georgia Secretary of State’s office.
“I planned to celebrate with family and friends and supporters afterwards. We had no reason to expect otherwise,” Orochena told WSB-TV, adding that she’s “just doing all that I can do that’s within my rights to regain some confidence that this was a fair election.”
Meanwhile, Burnette released a statement to Fox5 that said she’s “humbled to have the opportunity to serve the people of Kennesaw, it may have been an unconventional election … I look forward to keeping Kennesaw the best community.”
Following the Dec. 6 runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican candidate Herschel Walker, Cobb County officials will investigate how the memory card was overlooked, officials told local media.
Its more uncounted votes!
But the MSM never, ever doubt the results of elections, particularly in blue states.
Could election procedures be more sloppy and haphazard than in our great democracy?
This is a disgrace.
Is this ANOTHER democrat winner, after more votes ‘found’?
I notice no mention of party affiliation(s) in the entire article.
this is a local city council election...amazing that it changed the outcome. wonder how much “they” paid for those votes.
noticed that, too...and the answer is.......lol
Boy, did Kennesaw dodge a bullet or what?
Hi, My name is Madelyn Orochena. My family and I love living in the historic district of downtown Kennesaw. I was born and raised in Kennesaw, graduated from Kennesaw Mountain High School, and received my BA in Dance from Kennesaw State University in 2012. I’ve been a volunteer for the city for the past three years and served the past two years as the Chair of the Arts and Culture Commission. As a passionate supporter of the arts, I understand the value art brings to a community.Let's put her in charge of things, yeah, that'll do it.
I'm dying with laughter here!
Doesn’t the loser sound just like a Democrat?
It’s a non-partisan election. Nevertheless, I suspect deep-state involvement. They’re ever’where, they’re ever’where (in my best Ray Stevens voice).
A lot of local county races are ‘non-partisan’ races.............yeah, riiiight..................
it says the council is non partisan....and we all know there is no such thong...
how is this possible???
there should be a KNOWN number of cards Before the vote, and that number should DAMN WELL match the count AFTER the vote...
clownworld writ large
That’s ridiculous!
I know in my county in Texas every machine used in an election has a numbered seal on it and the seals have to be unbroken and numbers recorded before the precinct workers set up the machines. Any place on the server that connects to the voting booths has a seal on it that has to remain unbroken til it returns to the courthouse. When we tear down the machines after the election is over, we have to put new seals on everything and record the numbers. The courthouse and the county clerk would notice if a memory card that is supposed to be read on election night is missing. It sounds like sloppy processes probably deliberately so.
The one who lost had made remarks about Wild Man Dent Myers store still being open. So they came out better there for sure!!
I agree.
How many "irregularities" and how much "pollution" should the voters be asked to tolerate?
Voting officials should be required to certify election results with dire penalties for breaches
My wife's family has the name Orochena. They're from Nicaragua, but there is a widely held belief among them that the name actually has Basque origins.
Arithmetic is racist! You are a racist if you think 2 + 2 = 4.
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