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NPR Jan 14, 2021 9:40 PM ET In deep-red Bartow County, many Republicans expressed concerns with 24/7 absentee drop boxes, vote counting and the machines picked by the GOP legislature. In November, One voter even called the police to investigate a polling place for having a mysterious connection to China. It was just a power cord. While fewer members of the public were there to watch the audit than November’s vote count, those who were there said it was still an important step in becoming an informed voter. For Republican monitor Judy Kilgore, it helped seeing things with her own eyes, and knowing that some of her friends and neighbors she trusted were the ones doing the counting. ....
Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting It s been more than a week since the Georgia Senate runoff elections delivered control of Congress to Democrats. But inside the Bartow County, Ga., Senior Center on Tuesday, a dozen teams worked in pairs to do a hand recount of more than 43,000 votes cast in the Jan. 5 runoffs. The final margin for the races are outside the threshold for a recount, and the voters in this county an hour northwest of Atlanta are about 75% Republican so the result isn t close, or expected to change. So why did poll workers spend a day conducting a voluntary audit at the end of an exhausting election cycle? ....
Stephen Fowler/Georgia Public Broadcasting hide caption toggle caption Stephen Fowler/Georgia Public Broadcasting Bartow County, Ga. election workers conduct a full hand count of ballots in the Jan. 5 Senate runoff between former Sen. David Perdue and Sen.-elect Jon Ossoff as part of a voluntary recount aimed at improving voter confidence. Stephen Fowler/Georgia Public Broadcasting It s been more than a week since the Georgia Senate runoff elections delivered control of Congress to Democrats. But inside the Bartow County, Ga., Senior Center on Tuesday, a dozen teams worked in pairs to do a hand recount of more than 43,000 votes cast in the Jan. 5 runoffs. ....