With all the reported problems during this month’s Primary Election and the number of candidates running across the state that made election integrity a campaign issue, I was not surprised that we had 327 people RSVP for Saturday’s Election Integrity Update.  During the first half of the meeting Garland Favorito summarized the issues and provided details on how Voters Organized for Trusted Election Results in Georgia (VoterGA) is working to inspect the ballots to confirm the results of the election.

Garland discussed the dramatic premier of the movie 2000 Mules and how it will affect Georgia elections.  He invited folks to join him for the movie’s debut at VoterGA Northwest headquarters in Ringgold on Saturday, May 7th at 8:00 p.m.  Lisa Kaminsky provided an update on VoterGA’s outreach at movie showings across Georgia. Attendees were very receptive to flyers provided as they exited the theater.  The movie will be showing in Valdosta Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evening at Northway Community Church. Click here for the detailed flier provided by Karen Carlisle.

Julie Adams with GEIC partner Tea Party Patriots is hosting online poll watcher and poll worker training.  In-depth poll watcher training explains the background of poll watching, process of voter flow, voting equipment, opening and closing procedures, forms used by poll employees, provisional ballots, ballot drop box laws, process flow of data cards, and ballots after the close of Election Day Precincts.  The training also covers the laws associated with Poll Watching. Click here for details and to register.

Saturday’s Election Integrity Update was broadcasted live from the Middle Georgia Election Integrity Summit (MGEIS) in Macon. Garland Favorito with VoterGA updated us on the Fulton County ballot inspection lawsuit. The oral argument hearing at the Georgia Court of Appeals is set for Wednesday, May 4th at 10:30 a.m., Room 2031 in the Judicial Center at 330 Capitol Avenue S.E., Atlanta. Please join in person or via live stream!

We also discussed the upcoming documentary 2000 Mules which highlights research from True the Vote: evidence of organized ballot trafficking in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Texas. True the Vote alleges there were 242 traffickers in Georgia who made 5,662 trips to ballot drop boxes between midnight and 5:00 a.m., potentially unloading hundreds of thousands of illegally harvested ballots over the course of several weeks. The film will be showing in theatres across Georgia this week, and the VoterGA Election Integrity Outreach team will be handing out information to attendees. If you’re interested in helping, please contact team coordinator Lisa Kaminsky at [email protected].