The Center, co-founded in 1982 by former President Jimmy Carter and Roslaynn Carter, announced Thursday it agreed to observe Fulton voting and vote-counting at the request of a bipartisan group of Georgia elections officials. After the 2020 election, Carter Center officials monitored the audit of the state’s 5 million presidential ballots that affirmed Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over Trump. The law, however, doesn’t exclude third-party monitors, thus allowing the joint request to The Carter Center by the review panel members and local Fulton officials. Carter Center officials, according to the announcement, are monitoring the issuance and processing of absentee ballots, in-person voting during the early voting period and on Election Day, Fulton officials’ Election Day operations, and post-election procedures in the county. Fulton County accounts for about 11% of Georgia’s electorate.

Source: The Star October 14, 2022 01:18 UTC