An Atlanta election worker is in hiding after a claim that he tossed a ballot. His boss says the cla

[groundloop]

Source: NY Times

ATLANTA, Ga. — A man working at a vote-counting site in Atlanta earlier this week has gone into hiding after being wrongly accused of discarding a ballot, according to Richard Barron, elections director for Georgia’s largest county, Fulton.

Mr. Barron made the announcement at a Friday evening press conference during which Fulton officials announced they had finished counting all the county’s more than 500,000 votes, including those cast in person — early or on Election Day — and mail-in ballots. Just a few-thousand provisional, military and overseas ballots are yet to be counted.

A short video posted on social media showed a man processing ballots, and crumpling and throwing away a piece of paper. A person narrating the video claims that he threw out a ballot. In fact, he was simply tossing out a list of instructions that had been placed in a ballot envelope, Mr. Barron said. After the video went viral, and the election worker’s personal information was posted online, threats were made on his life and he was forced into hiding, Mr. Barron added.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/06/us/trump-biden?action=click&module=ELEX_results&pgtype=Interactive&region=ReporterUpdates#an-atlanta-election-worker-is-in-hiding-after-a-claim-that-he-tossed-a-ballot-his-boss-says-the-claim-is-false

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MAGATS are sick bastards. If tRump hears of this he'll certainly call the idiot making threats a patriot.

[judesedit]

1. Antagonists should be prosecuted asap

[2naSalit]

2. +1

[sakabatou]

8. Agreed

[royable]

3. I think this is why the looney-Qs want to observe.

They want raw material to draw on to create the latest conspiracy while boosting their ego. Never mind the innocent people whose lives are ruined.

[Midnight Writer]

17. Absolutely.

[Mr. Sparkle]

4. I hope he gets a really good lawyer and goes after the magats

[Violet_Crumble]

5. I've got so much admiration for US poll counters

I was watching CNN late last night in the forlorn hope I'd be watching the moment it gets called (plus I love Cooper Anderson and Rick Santoums shoes).

One thing that came through loud and clear is those people who are giving up their nights to count the votes are true heroes. They're dealing with attempts to intimidate them and threats of violence. They all deserve democracy sausages and I hope they're being paid for their time. They give me hope that American democracy will prevail and not an American banana republic.

[Aviation Pro]

10. Not to mention COVID

Patriots all of them.

[Violet_Crumble]

11. Yes, Covid for sure. I don't think I'd be working in those sorts of conditions...

I live in a country that went hard on Covid early and after a lockdown since July in Melbourne after cases got to over 700 a day, we're now in a position where life is slowly going back to normal. We've had a few days with zero community transmission, and all international arrivals must hotel quarantine for 14 days. This is what I want for the US. And with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris leading the country, I think there's a chance things could start improving, though I think it's too late to get to where Australia and New Zealand are....

[SMC22307]

6. Who took the video? Or is it a clip from a live-stream?

I feel so sorry for the poll worker.

[Lonestarblue]

7. The media needs to end this nonsense and call the election.

Trump has no path to reelection. The media needs to stop catering to the orange Turd and call the election—as they would have already with a different president. This is getting ridiculous. The noy state where Biden doesn’t have a significant majority is Georgia, and he doesn’t even need that state to win. The media is once again catering to Trump’s sensibilities.

[Catherine Vincent]

9. This sad

I am really hating the Cult45 clan more and more.

[hadEnuf]

12. This type of stuff needs to be treated according to what it really is:

Domestic Terrorism.

[crickets]

13. Oh, good grief. Poor man. There's no excuse for this idiocy.

The person or persons who doxxed him should be arrested and charged.

[LiberalFighter]

14. They need to go after the person posting it.

[SunSeeker]

15. Sick assholes.

[Flaleftist]

16. Maybe there should be a Gofundme set up for this guy.

There are a lot of psychotic Trumpers out there who will act on this disinformation. He may need some help to hide out for a while and take other precautions.

[WinstonSmith4740]

18. They are sick bastards.

If tRump hears of this he'll certainly call the idiot making threats a patriot.

He'll also claim it was "...thousands of votes for Trump" being discarded.