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Nevilledog

(51,104 posts)
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 08:36 PM Nov 2020

In Gwinnett County, the 2nd largest county, they only received THREE more military/overseas ballots



Tweet text:Marshall Cohen
@MarshallCohen
As of this morning, there were ~8,400 military/overseas ballots requested but still unreturned in Georgia. The deadline was 5 p.m. In Gwinnett County, the 2nd largest county, they only received THREE more of these ballots today before the deadline, according to @JGambleCNN.
5:26 PM · Nov 6, 2020
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PTWB

(4,131 posts)
1. If the rest of the counties received similar numbers we win.
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 08:37 PM
Nov 2020

If something was fucked up and they received three but the red counties show up with all of their outstanding ballots we will know something stinks.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. I suspected it'd be very low ...
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 08:39 PM
Nov 2020

I'm sure DeJoy made sure to get as many military votes to the counting places on time as possible (as in: way before the last possible date, if it was at all possible to do so).

I guess if other counties got much higher numbers it'll be suspicious but I kinda doubt it.

Without the counts from other counties (not provided by the tweet) this is basically meaningless innuendo.

agingdem

(7,849 posts)
11. I want to know what cabal within Trumptopia
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 08:48 PM
Nov 2020

dreamed up this odious plan...destroy the USPS..slow down and/or dump the mail...remove mail boxes and sorters....and they had to find the right amoral sonofabitch to bring this scheme to fruition...all this so that a depraved sociopath could continue to rape the United States...

DoBotherMe

(2,340 posts)
13. If the military person is on the base or lives in the district
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:08 PM
Nov 2020

Wouldn't those be included in either in-person or counted mailed ballots? Only American military and citizens out of the country would be included in the 8000. Is that correct?

haele

(12,654 posts)
15. Correct. So Joe or Jane Georgia stationed in Japan or Afghanistan
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:41 PM
Nov 2020

Got their state ballots mailed to them back in September, maybe, depending on how fast the Atlanta USPS depot got them out. Their ballots get sent out the same time the first batch to everyone else goes out, but it typically takes an extra twerk or two to get to their post PO.
Then, Jane or Joe have to take the time to sit down and fill those ballots out, typically when the 1st Sargent or Chief gets the word that "this is the last week you can send your ballots in, so sit anyone who hasn't already set it out down, separated them from each other, get them to fill them out and toss them into this base mailbag."
That's about 3 weeks before the election.
And I'm sure the military was not totally understanding of the efforts DeJoy and Drumpf went to against mail in ballots. So if military members did make an effort in mid October, when the deadline normally might be, to send their votes out, those ballots might not be arriving to Georgia until Tuesday, three weeks to a month after the military deadline for mailing might be.

Haele (who voted oconus once upon a time...)

Jarqui

(10,125 posts)
12. There were about 17,000 military ballots already counted in GA
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:06 PM
Nov 2020

The 8,900 were outstanding from the 26,000 or so originally sent out,
5pm today was the deadline for the outstanding 8,900 to be returned post marked by election day.

Grown2Hate

(2,012 posts)
14. Any word that any came in (other than the THREE in
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:14 PM
Nov 2020

Gwinnett county)? If not, as razor thin as 4K votes is, most recounts don't move more than a couple hundred votes.

Jarqui

(10,125 posts)
16. The 17,000 military voted figure came from the GA Sec of State
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 10:04 PM
Nov 2020

explaining the 8,900 military ballots left a few days ago - before the ballots came in by 5pm today.

This CNN fact check substantiates but they' rounded the figure to 18,000 military votes already counted
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/06/politics/georgia-military-ballots-fact-check/index.html

Didn't see an answer for you here:
https://www.ajc.com/politics/most-remaining-votes-to-be-counted-today-in-close-georgia-election/6T4GGH4SFZF4NIRU6FGW6Y73VM/

That is the best I could find quickly.

This has some related info for reference
https://sos.ga.gov/index.php/elections/with_more_than_22600_uocava_and_provisional_votes_out_officials_focused_on_getting_it_right

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