{"id":2524134,"date":"2025-12-22T20:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-stolen-election-bombshell-fulton-county-admits-300000-votes-were-illegally-counted-in-georgia-where-trump-lost-by-11779\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:21:48","slug":"2020-stolen-election-bombshell-fulton-county-admits-300000-votes-were-illegally-counted-in-georgia-where-trump-lost-by-11779","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-stolen-election-bombshell-fulton-county-admits-300000-votes-were-illegally-counted-in-georgia-where-trump-lost-by-11779\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Stolen Election Bombshell: Fulton County Admits 300,000+ Votes Were Illegally Counted in Georgia, Where Trump &#8216;Lost&#8217; by 11,779"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2020-stolen-election-bombshell-fulton-county-admits-300000-votes-were-illegally-counted-in-georgia-where-trump-lost-by-11779%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2524134&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent report in The Federalist describes a Georgia State Election Board hearing and a Secretary of State examination that found Fulton County did not follow required procedures for many 2020 early-voting tabulation tapes. According to the report, roughly 315,000 early votes lacked the required poll-worker signatures on closing and zero tapes; the investigation found 36 of 37 advanced voting precincts failed to sign closing tapes and 32 sites did not verify zero tapes. County counsel Ann Brumbaugh reportedly said Fulton County &#8220;does not dispute that the tapes were not signed&#8221; and acknowledged the violation, adding that the county has new leadership and updated procedures. challenger David Cross alleged othre irregularities, such as unusually late polling-hour activity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fulton-county-says-315k-votes-lacking-sign-off-counted-in-2020\/\" title=\"... Says 315K Votes Lacking Sign-Off Counted In 2020\">duplicated scanner serial numbers<\/a>. The article notes that these procedural failures are the kind of logistical issues conservatives cite when raising election-integrity concerns, and it observes that the number of affected ballots is large enough that it might have mattered in Georgia&#8217;s 2020 margin. The piece also ties the findings to past controversy over former President Trump&#8217;s pressure on Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to investigate Georgia&#8217;s results and highlights social-media reactions arguing Trump was justified in seeking inquiries.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, well, well.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s no secret that the left often likes to ridicule conservatives about complaints regarding &ldquo;stolen elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>How do you explain this bombshell analysis from <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/17\/fulton-county-we-dont-dispute-315000-votes-lacking-poll-workers-signatures-were-counted-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Federalist<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Earlier this month, Fulton County admitted that approximately 315,000 early votes from the 2020 election were illegally certified but were nonetheless still included in the final results of that election,&rdquo; the outlet&rsquo;s Brianna Lyman wrote.<\/p>\n<p>During a hearing before the Georgia State Election Board on Dec. 9, an admission was made in connection with a challenge brought by David Cross, a local activist focused on election integrity. Cross had submitted the challenge in March 2022, claiming that Fulton County had not followed Georgia&rsquo;s election rules during early voting ahead of the November 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Specifically, he alleged that hundreds of thousands of ballots were counted despite election workers failing to sign the vote tabulation &ldquo;tapes,&rdquo; which are essential for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-democrats-look-to-fund-effort-to-elect-local-election-supervisors\/\" title=\"...: Democrats Look to Fund Effort to Elect Local Election Supervisors\">certifying election results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fulton County has effectively admitted to these allegations now.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia&rsquo;s Secretary of State Office investigated the claim that tabulation tapes went unsigned and confirmed that Fulton County had violated election procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 investigation summary found that 36 out of 37 advanced voting precincts in the county failed to sign the required tabulation tapes. Officials at 32 polling sites also did not verify their zero tapes.<\/p>\n<p>Under Georgia election rules, The Federalist reported, each ballot scanner must print three closing tapes at the end of every voting day. Poll workers are required to sign these tapes or provide a documented reason if they refuse.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of each voting day, poll workers must print and sign a &ldquo;zero tape&rdquo; to show that the machines began with zero votes. This step is a critical part of ensuring the integrity of the vote count &mdash; and it was clearly overlooked in this case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If there is no record of whether the tabulator was set at zero at the start of polling, there is no way of telling whether ballots from a previous election (or ballots from a test run) were left on the memory card and might later be counted,&rdquo; the conservative news magazine reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist quoted Ann Brumbaugh, attorney for the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, as saying the county does &ldquo;not dispute that the tapes were not signed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She went on to admit that this &ldquo;was a violation of the rule&rdquo; and added that the county now has &ldquo;new leadership &hellip; and new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-fultons-monitoring-team-cant-fix-election-failure\/\" title=\"Officials: Fulton&#039;s Monitoring Team Can&#039;t Fix Election Failure\">standard operation procedures<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But,&rdquo; she conceded, &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t dispute the allegation from the 2020 election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist also reported that Cross said he found &ldquo;additional irregularities, such as polling locations being open at &lsquo;impossibly late hours, like 2:09 a.m.&#8217;&rdquo; as well as &ldquo;duplicated scanner serial numbers, where the memory devices were removed from one scanner and printed on an alternate scanner.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Look, admittedly, this writer personally doesn&rsquo;t care all that much for chit-chat about 2020. It&rsquo;s over, it&rsquo;s done with, and it didn&rsquo;t matter come the 2024 general election, which President Donald Trump dominated by sweeping every swing state.<\/p>\n<p>But there is something critical and vital to unpack here.<\/p>\n<p>Namely,&nbsp;<em>this&nbsp;<\/em>is what conservatives were talking about when it comes to &ldquo;stolen elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there are obviously some conspiratorial-leaning minds that insist on hacked systems, Russian\/Chinese influence, and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >late-night ballot dumps<\/a> (though that last one does appear to lend some credence to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tens-thousands-battleground-voters-receive-wrong-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballot shenanigans<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to Republican concerns about election integrity, it&rsquo;s this sort of (admittedly more boring) logistical chicanery that they&rsquo;re complaining about.<\/p>\n<p>And make no mistake, this could&rsquo;ve made a big difference in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Trump lost Georgia by 11,779 votes in total to former President Joe Biden, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2020\/results\/state\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>. That total is roughly 4 percent of 300,000. Had those Fulton County ballots been properly certified, could that have swung that key 4 percent? It&rsquo;s <em>well&nbsp;<\/em>within the realm of possibility.<\/p>\n<p>But more so, this sort of nonsense is&nbsp;<em>exactly&nbsp;<\/em>why Trump ordered Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to look into these inconsistencies &mdash; a request that was one of the pillars for his impeachment trials.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Remember that Trump was indicted for &ldquo;pressuring&rdquo; Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to investigate election integrity in his state, and that this was linked with his impeachment. Kinda looks like Trump was right, and was punished for asking appropriate questions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9mJJM9bPC7\">https:\/\/t.co\/9mJJM9bPC7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FischerKing (@FischerKing64) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FischerKing64\/status\/2002085395002241510?\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As one X user astutely pointed out, &ldquo;Kinda looks like Trump was right, and was punished for asking appropriate questions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And if that&rsquo;s not an iron-clad case for pushing for election integrity, what is?<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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