Chain of Custody Requirements Broken for 78% of Absentee Ballots in Cobb County, Georgia

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A new lawsuit alleges chain of custody requirements for nearly 4/5 of absentee ballots cast in a prominent Georgia county were broken.

“…The use of drop boxes materially breached the chain of custody of ballots. For example, ballot transfer forms in Cobb County, Georgia show 78% of the 89,000 absentee ballots were not transported as Georgia election rules require,” the filing reads.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by the conservative Wisconsin Voters Alliance, and has since been joined by similar groups and lawmakers in several different states.

Cobb County is a suburban county of Atlanta. Less than 15,000 votes currently separate President Trump and Joe Biden in the state Georgia.

The plaintiffs in the case allege drop boxes were funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in an effort to heavily skew election results toward Democratic candidates.

They demand legislatures in 5 battleground states (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Arizona) have the opportunity to review and certify their results before Congress votes on whether to accept their electors on Jan. 6.

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