A stunning admission has surfaced from within the Fulton County, Georgia election system. Ann Brumbaugh, attorney for the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, acknowledged that at least 315,000 votes from the 2020 election were certified without proper legal documentation.
The revelation came during a December 9th meeting of the Georgia State Election Board, triggered by a complaint filed in 2022. Investigator David Cross presented evidence showing a critical failure in the chain of custody for vote tabulator tapes – the official record of each machine’s count.
Cross detailed how his group spent $15,800 to obtain records representing 315,000 votes, only to find a glaring omission: zero signed tabulator tapes from early voting. These signed tapes, he emphasized, are the sole legal proof confirming the accuracy of the reported totals.
Brumbaugh’s response was direct and unsettling. “We do not dispute that the tapes were not signed. It was a violation of the rule,” she stated plainly. The admission raises serious questions about the integrity of the vote count in a county that played a pivotal role in the 2020 presidential election.
The margin of victory in Georgia was remarkably narrow – just 11,779 votes for Joe Biden. In Fulton County specifically, Biden received 380,212 votes compared to Donald Trump’s 137,247. This means a staggering 60% of the votes certified in Fulton County now appear to have lacked the required legal verification.
Brumbaugh attempted to contextualize the issue, noting changes in leadership, facilities, and procedures since 2020. She explained that new training protocols now emphasize the importance of signing tapes at every stage of the process, and investigations are initiated when signatures are missing.
However, the initial lack of signed documentation remains a significant concern. The admission coincides with a Department of Justice investigation currently seeking access to the 2020 election records and ballots held by the Fulton County Superior Court’s Clerk’s Office.
Recent tensions within the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections further amplify the scrutiny. A heated exchange last month erupted when a Republican board member, Julie Adams, questioned whether the original 2020 ballots were still in the county’s possession. The chairwoman abruptly shut down the inquiry, fueling suspicions about the handling of these crucial records.
The unfolding situation in Fulton County is rapidly escalating, demanding a thorough and transparent review of the 2020 election process and raising fundamental questions about the validity of the certified results.
