Georgia Secretary of State’s Office releases number of ballots were impacted by court orders

November 17, 2018
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Georgia Secretary of State's Office releases number of ballots were impacted by court orders

Georgia Secretary of State Robyn Crittenden released the number of absentee and provisional ballots that were affected by two court orders requiring the state to recount provisional and absentee ballots that were thrown out due to voter identification issues.

The numbers were released just prior to the secretary of state’s office certifying the results of the 2018 midterm election which saw republican Brian Kemp narrowly defeat democrat Stacey Abrams in the race for governor.

According to the secretary of state’s office, a total of 93 absentee ballots and 67 provisional ballots were added to the total vote count. This means the number of ballots under dispute totaled just 160.

Here is the breakdown of new absentee and provisional ballots by county. Note: counties that did not have any additional ballots are not included.:

County
Added Absentee Ballots
Candler2
Clay4
DeKalb4
Fayette4
Glynn9
Jefferson6
Lanier3
Marion1
Montgomery2
Oglethorpe4
Pickens7
Putnam18
Sumter11
Telfair1
Terrell8
Tift7
Toombs2
Total93

Here are the additional provisional ballots by county. Counties listed are the 27 that were required to perform the court-ordered review of provisional ballots.:

County
Added Provisional Ballots
Bibb0
Bulloch0
Carroll1
Chatham4
Cherokee1
Clarke0
Clayton2
Cobb6
Decatur4
DeKalb16
Dougherty22
Douglas0
Floyd0
Fulton0
Glynn0
Gordon0
Gwinnett0
Hall0
Henry1
Houston0
Lowndes0
Muscogee0
Paulding0
Richmond5
Rockdale0
Troup5
Walton0
Total67

Crittenden was appointed secretary of state by Gov. Nathan Deal after former Secretary of State Brian Kemp resigned from the post to begin is transition to the Governor’s office last week.

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