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napi21

(45,806 posts)
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 10:57 PM Dec 2016

Five Fulton County voters cast their ballots twice in Nov. election

You're not going to believe this one!
http://www.myajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/five-fulton-county-voters-cast-their-ballots-twice-nov-election/JD3JbSw4OKmLANqCJCDVgL/
I posted the link, but it's a subscription service so other than proof it came from the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) you probably won't be able to access it.

A self-professed “nosy mom” led at least three people to cast their ballots twice in Fulton County in the presidential election last month. Lyn Bomar, a poll worker at the Sandy Springs library, said she was a “very conscientious mother” and wanted to make sure her son and daughter-in-law had voted. When she checked their names in the voter system, it didn’t show that their ballots had been cast. So she called them to make sure.Bomar said the fact that their names didn’t show up as having voted were “red flags” to her. She told them she didn’t think their votes had counted. A call to Fulton County didn’t clarify the situation until later in the day, Bomar said, when someone in the office of Elections and Registration told her the people in question would receive credit for voting.

Richard Barron, the Fulton director of Elections and Registration, said both votes had counted. Repeat voting, he said, is “a violation of the law. I think there’s going to be some serious consequences of it,” he said. “This isn’t going to be taken lightly.” If an investigation is completed, the findings will be sent to the state election board. That board will decide whether to dismiss the case, issue a letter of instruction or send the case to the Attorney General’s office.

Bomar, who said she has been a poll worker for more than 15 years, said “it’s too weird for words” that of the five who voted twice in Fulton, three are tied to her. She said since she first started working the polls, the technology has become more challenging. She thinks she probably won’t return for another election.

All THIS from a State that has 100% touchscreen voting! I HATE it when this stuff proves to be true. All it does is fuel the damn Pubs who claim they're restricting voting because people are voting more than once!

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