Battleground State’s Republican Party Chairman Echoes Doubts fo Election Transparency

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The Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, David Shafer is echoing claims that election officials in Democrat-leaning Fulton County used dubious tactics to count votes. County officials claimed that they were shutting down counting for a night at the tabulation center State Farm Arena at 10:30 p.m. However multiple election officials continued to count additional ballots in secret until 1 a.m.

Doug Collins, who recently conceded in GA’s Senate race to Kelly Loeffler, has been tapped by President Trump to lead the recount efforts in the Peach State. Collins seemingly agreed with Shafer’s statements that Georgia election officials engaged in suspicious behavior while counting votes when he retweeted the message.

Fox News reports:

He continued, “No one disputes that Fulton County elections officials falsely announced that the counting of ballots would stop at 10:30 p.m. No one disputes that Fulton County elected officials unlawfully resumed the counting of ballots after our observers left the center.”

Shafer said media outlets are “gaslighting you” when they claim there was no evidence of “irregularities in the election.”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Monday that election officials in the state have not found any evidence of wrongdoing. The paper’s report said there have been cases of “minor issues” caused by human error.

Fulton County on Saturday began re-scanning some votes first counted Friday. County officials said they noticed some ballots had not been counted or scanned properly. County spokesperson Jessica Corbitt said workers are rescanning the batch of ballots in question and they would repost the results later.

Donald Trump along with the Georgia Republican Party has filed lawsuits in the state alleging that votes received after Election Day were counted to help Democrat Joe Biden win the state. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Secretary of State, has also announced there will be a recount of votes in Georgia.



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