The Georgia Democratic Party, and the campaign of Democrat Stacey Abrams say 4,700 pre-completed absentee ballot requests went missing this fall after they arrived at the DeKalb County Board of Elections, potentially leaving voters confused, and unsure how to cast a ballot in the Nov. 6 midterm elections.
But DeKalb County says there’s no evidence the ballot requests went missing. The Democratic party, voting rights advocates, and the Abrams campaign are encouraging anyone who thinks they might be affected to vote early in person, or call voter protection hotlines to help secure an absentee ballot.
In a memo sent to the county this week, the Democratic Party said “delivery reports” prove these ballot request forms arrived at the county’s offices, but that the voters have not received ballots.
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