Earlier today one of Georgia’s 158 counties, Floyd County, reported finding 2600 votes that had not previously been counted. They broke about 2 to 1 for President Trump with 1,643 uncounted ballots counted for President Trump and 855 for Joe Biden.
New: About 2,600 uncounted ballots were found in Floyd County, Ga. The recount caught the error, and those votes will be counted.
— Alexa Corse (@AlexaCorse) November 17, 2020
Here's what you need to know: https://t.co/tOwQdTJfS6 via @WSJ
The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office announced on Tuesday that the recount had turned up a similar ‘oversight’ in Fayette County, where 2,755 were also found. The breakdown of the uncounted ballots was 1,577 for Trump, 1,128 for Biden and 50 votes for third party or write-in candidates.
BREAKING: Fayette County, GA: Reports of a memory card found during the audit contained 2,755 votes not initially counted. With 1577 for Trump, and 1128 for Biden, the razor thin margin shrinks even more down in Georgia. @RealAmVoice pic.twitter.com/7PbafNutaV
— Heather Mullins – Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) (@TalkMullins) November 17, 2020
Both counties blame the mistakes on human error. In the case of Floyd County, the ballots were sitting in a box that no one found until the audit. The Fayette County votes involved poll workers not uploading the contents of a flash drive to the vote-counting system. Both counties will now have to re-certify their results.
All Georgia counties have until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday to complete their hand recount.
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