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Absentee Ballot Processing

Fulton County processes and verifies absentee ballots in advance of Election Day, with separate handling for early voting and absentee ballots.

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Jan 16, 2026
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Georgia Fulton county election: what is the ballot format and how can they be hand counted?

Fulton County ballots are produced as precinct- and district-specific paper sample ballots (and a composite sample that represents all possible districts) that list federal, state and local contests a...

Feb 2, 2026

What specific procedural errors were documented in Fulton County’s 2020 ballot handling and what reforms were recommended?

’s handling of the 2020 election was found to include multiple documented procedural lapses—most prominently a large set of unsigned tabulator tapes covering roughly 315,000 early in‑person votes, mis...