{"id":871927,"date":"2021-10-12T16:29:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=871927"},"modified":"2021-10-12T16:29:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:29:50","slug":"ga-election-workers-caught-shredding-voter-registration-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-election-workers-caught-shredding-voter-registration-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Ga. election workers caught shredding voter registration applications"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fga-election-workers-caught-shredding-voter-registration-applications%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=871927&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--><div id=\"attachment_2546998\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2546998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Nov. 25, 2020 file photo, Fulton County Georgia election chief Rick Barron talks to reporters as workers scan ballots during a presidential recount in Atlanta. (AP Photo\/Ben Gray, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:31 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, October 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>An investigation has been underway after two Georgia election workers were fired for allegedly shredding voter registration applications. According to a statement on Monday, two employees of the Fulton County Elections Office checked out batches of applications for processing and shredding nearly 300 forms.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cFellow employees reported this behavior to their supervisor on Friday morning and the employees were terminated the same day. We believe that approximately 300 voter registration application are at issue. We reported this to the secretary of state office and requested an investigation.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 Richard Barron, director of Fulton County Registration and Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Secretary Raffensperger Calls on Department of Justice to Investigate Allegations of Fulton County Shredding Applications<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qpOSwL1BYd\">https:\/\/t.co\/qpOSwL1BYd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c7acJresBh\">pic.twitter.com\/c7acJresBh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (@GaSecofState) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaSecofState\/status\/1447615291459055618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has called on the Department of Justice to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Department of Justice needs to take a long look at what Fulton County is doing and how their leadership disenfranchises Fulton voters through incompetence and malfeasance. The voters of Georgia are sick of Fulton County\u2019s failures.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 Raffensperger<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes as election operations in Fulton County have been under review by the state. Raffensperger has called for stronger management over the county\u2019s elections by backing a new election law requiring new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Raffensperger went on to say Fulton County elections have experienced documented failures for decades and Georgians were tired of the embarrassing revelations.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/major-oil-spill-off-southern-calif-coast-kills-wildlife-closes-beaches\/\">Calif. Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Oil Spill<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Nov. 25, 2020 file photo, Fulton County Georgia election chief Rick Barron talks to reporters as workers scan ballots during a presidential recount in Atlanta. 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