Georgia County Can’t Find Chain of Custody Records for Absentee Ballotshttps://t.co/poAxI4VZza
— Ivan Pentchoukov (@IvanPentchoukov) December 6, 2020
Georgia’s DeKalb County officials don’t know if it’s in possession of the ballot transfer forms used to record the chain of custody for absentee ballots dropped into some 300 drop boxes around the state.
In response to an open records request from The Georgia Star News for the forms, county officials wrote that “it has not yet been determined if responsive records to your request exist.”
“DeKalb County and [the DeKalb County Department of Voting, Registration, and Election] VRE are currently operating within its COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan. These remote operations and VRE’s current workload greatly impact how soon responsive records can be provided,” the response from the department stated.
“VRE is expected to make this determination within thirty business days.”
The Georgia Star News requested the ballot forms from several counties; Cobb County and Cook County have complied with the request.
A spokesperson for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told Breitbart News last week that the transfer forms are in the possession of individual counties.
Georgia election rules require ballots from drop boxes to be picked up by teams of at least two people, who must complete a transfer form upon doing so.
