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Daniel Dale: This tweet about ballots in Georgia has gone viral. It isn't true. See here:
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Just to put a fine point on this. I was monitoring absentee ballot activity for the successful Georgia signature verification lawsuit and sharing this information with lawyers. The claim Chatham had zero mail ballots is utterly and totally false
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I can’t believe I have to do this while I’m up in the mountains enjoying a relaxing weekend, but despite what people are saying on Twitter there aren't any Georgia counties that are reporting 0 mail in ballots.
That’s absurd and can be debunked in like 15 seconds of searching.
In fact, there were over 14k MORE mail in ballots accepted this election than for the 2016 election.
97 counties had more mail in ballots than 2016.
And since it seems to be ground zero for the false rumor, Chatham has 6,117 mail ballots, compared to 5,156 in 2016.
That’s absurd and can be debunked in like 15 seconds of searching.
In fact, there were over 14k MORE mail in ballots accepted this election than for the 2016 election.
97 counties had more mail in ballots than 2016.
And since it seems to be ground zero for the false rumor, Chatham has 6,117 mail ballots, compared to 5,156 in 2016.
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