Delay in alleged ballot fraud case continues

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ELLIJAY, Ga – On June 20, the Fulton County alleged ballot audit case continued with Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero hearing motions to dismiss.

Amero didn’t issue a ruling on Monday citing a need for more time to consider the motions. He needs to decide who is the responsible party for the lawsuit. VoterGa.org and plaintiff Garland Favorito believes it will take Amero a couple of weeks to decide how to move forward.

On January 1, a new law went into effect concerning sovereign immunity, which deals with the question of “who to sue.” The new amendment made it easier to sue individuals and groups in their official capacity.

Fulton County attorneys argued since the alleged incident took place before January 1, the case should be thrown out.

Additionally, the board of elections and the county are both trying to get out of the lawsuit by placing responsibility on the other party’s shoulder. It’s likely if the case moves forward Fulton County will remain in the suit and possibly the board of elections individuals, according to Favorito.

Previously, the judge ordered the unsealing of the ballots in Fulton County but halted the process when the motion to dismiss was filed. The order is still valid.  Favorito expects the audit to go forward in August.

The Clerk of Court currently has custody of the ballots and Amero has informed Fulton County Sheriff’s Office that they’re responsible for ballot security. Some Henry County deputies are also involved in security measures. The warehouse is controlled by the Fulton County Board of Elections.

The complaint suit was adjusted by the plaintiffs to address the management of future elections.

Georgia election officials have continually denied any massive fraud in the state. Three separate recounts were conducted. The Secretary of State’s Office is in the middle of investigating over 100 election fraud cases.

Motion to dismiss delays Georgia’s ballot fraud lawsuit

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ELLIJAY. Ga – Fulton County filed a motion to dismiss the election integrity lawsuit. Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero issued a motion to stay in the case until he could rule on it.

Friday, May 28, was originally the day plaintiffs’ and Fulton County’s council convened to decide a process for reviewing the unsealed November 2020 election absentee ballots. However, Fulton County’s motion to dismiss resulted in a delay of the case until June 21.

Garland Favorito

Plaintiff Garland Favorito, of VoterGa.org, explained that Fulton County’s attempting to get out of the lawsuit and place the case solely on the shoulders of Fulton’s Board of Elections and Registration. VoterGa.org originally sued the board of registration and elections, but the court added Fulton County to the suit. Amero’s interpretation of Georgia’s new sovereign immunity law in such a way that the county would need to be included.

Fulton County’s hired the law firm Garland, Samuel, and Loeb to represent it. The firm specializes in three areas criminal, personal injury, and business litigation.

Favorito commented that the new motion “doesn’t appear to have a ton of validity” and is hopeful the judge will throw it out at the next hearing. His group is currently working on their response.

As for the Department of Justice becoming involved, Favorito doesn’t believe the federal government will intervene with the state’s case.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) has gone on record supporting legal investigations into election integrity while condemning corruption in Fulton County. His office has also filed an amicus brief in this case, trying to protect voter’s rights, but Judge Amero decided to unseal the ballots anyway.

Favorito added the plan to review the ballots will probably continue after July 4 unless Judge Amero dismisses the case.

Trump team present alleged voter fraud in Georgia

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ATLANTA, Ga – According to Trump attorneys, newly released video footage of State Farm Arena from election night demonstrates voter fraud.

During the Georgia Judicial Subcommittee hearing, Jackie Pick, volunteer attorney for the Trump legal team, presented surveillance tape of Fulton County election officials continuing to count ballots after poll watchers left for the night.

Pick shared the accounts of the two Republican poll watchers who were only allowed to observe from the media area. At around 10:30 p.m., a female Fulton employee announced to the room that they were halting the count until morning.

Once the majority left, the blonde woman and three other women began counting ballots again. A man is seen in the video as well. The blonde woman pulled containers full of ballots from beneath a table. The earlier footage shows poll workers taking similar ballot containers from a stacked pile in the back of the room.

Jackie Pick, volunteer Trump attorney

Jackie Pick, volunteer Trump attorney

The Fulton election official in question moved the table into place at 8:22 a.m. It’s unclear when someone placed those ballots under the table or if the table was close to the stacks of containers. The security camera setup provided a disjointed view of the room. State Farm Arena owns the security cameras.

Senator Blake Tillery (R – Vidalia) asked in closing statements why it took a month to see this video and why they didn’t see it first from the Secretary of State’s office. He said the video is one thing he “can’t explain.”

They continued to count ballots until past 12:00 a.m. After 1:00 a.m., the Republican poll watchers returned and confirmed they missed approximately three hours of the vote tally process.

Pick couldn’t answer all the senators’ questions because the legal team hadn’t reviewed the tape in real-time. They just received it last night around 1 a.m. She said she would give the information to the senators at a later date.

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Senator Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) strongly questioned Pick asking why the attorney brought up an alleged fraud that “had been debunked for weeks by the Secretary of State Office.”

Pick simply responded, “They haven’t seen the tape.”

No representatives from the Secretary of State’s office were in attendance to refute her claim.

One question asked by Senator Tillery was the location of the Secretary of State monitor within the room. Pick was unsure because they hadn’t spoken to the Secretary of State’s office or Fulton County elections officials yet.

At the end of the day, Parent stated that they identified the monitor as a young white man in a blue jacket present in the video.

Senator Elena Parent (D-Atlanta)

Senator Elena Parent (D-Atlanta)

Fulton County officials and Commission Chairman Ronald Pitts addressed the Oversight Committee in the morning. They addressed the claims about vote tampering in State Farm Arena.

An election manager at State Farm Arena did direct some of the staff to leave at 10:30 p.m. Election Director Richard Barron said they could not go and must continue working. Some employees did leave at 10:30 p.m., and the observers left. The election official recounting the story didn’t witness the event.

She did say that a Secretary of State monitor remained in the room, and after it became clear that the vote count would continue, more monitors returned.

“There was no intentional misleading of anyone. There was nothing untoward that occurred, but some workers stayed some left. Some of the observers left, but a Secretary of State monitor stayed the entire time,” Fulton Director of External Affairs Jessica Corbitt-Dominguez said.

Chairman Pitts cleared up the water leak issue. The leak began at 6:07 a.m. and was fixed by 8:07 a.m. No ballots were damaged, and it occurred on a different floor.

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