The Georgia Star News reports that approximately 65% of the mail-in ballots received for the November 2020 elections do not have chain-of-custody certifications, despite the fact that the election was certified by the state of Georgia. The 2020 presidential election outcome in Georgia was decided by fewer than 12,000 votes.
The Georgia Star News had requested the certifications for the mail-in ballots, particularly those that were dropped in “drop boxes” located throughout the state. They note that a number of counties reported that they had no drop boxes in their counties, however many of the more populous states did – and they have not provided the certification information that Star News has requested.
As of March 3, only 56 of Georgia’s 159 counties have provided ballot transfer form data to The Georgia Star News. The number of absentee by mail ballots delivered to registrars in those 56 counties total only 195,309, or 32.5 percent, of the estimated 600,000 absentee vote by mail ballots deposited in drop boxes and delivered to county registrars and counted in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.
In other words, there is no chain of custody for 67.5 percent – an estimated 404,691 – of the estimated 600,000 absentee vote by mail ballots deposited in drop boxes and delivered to county registrars and counted in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.
The 2020 presidential election outcome in Georgia was decided by fewer than 12,000 votes – about three percent of the 404,000 absentee vote by mail ballots deposited in drop boxes and delivered to county registrars where they were counted.
