Georgia
Georgia nursing home residents say their absentee ballots haven’t arrived
Nursing dwelling residents say their absentee ballots have not arrived
Lots of the nursing dwelling residents are bed-ridden or in wheelchairs. The state says there are solely 19 voters are registered on the nursing dwelling deal with. Fulton County officers mentioned they issued ballots after receiving solely 4 requests.
ATLANTA – The Georgia Secretary of State’s Workplace is investigating after a number of seniors at a south Atlanta nursing dwelling claimed they requested absentee ballots that by no means got here.
Senior advocate Miriam Miller spent all day Thursday carrying residents from Bontanna Nursing Dwelling off Cleveland Avenue to the polls in her private automobile.
She and one other volunteer picked up 74-year-old Maxine Worthy Thomas and positioned her in a wheelchair to make sure she was capable of train her proper to vote.
Ms. Miller mentioned she was pressured to do that after she says 36 absentee ballots by no means confirmed up for Bonterra Nursing dwelling residents Ms. Thomas, Clifton Depree, and several other others.
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Ms. Miller says she knew they have been registered as a result of she dealt with that a number of months in the past.
“I personally walked their 40 voter registration kinds into the downtown workplace they usually mentioned we’ll take it from right here. So, I’m considering every little thing is ok,” the senior advocate mentioned.
Ms. Miller says most of the residents who requested ballots are motionless or bedridden and can doubtless be disenfranchised by election officers.
“The girl informed me they did not get it and it is too late for the absentee poll, so get a church van. I mentioned at this late date the place can I get a church van? These 40 individuals wish to vote they usually cannot,” Ms. Miller mentioned with disgust.
FOX 5 contacted the Fulton County Elections Workplace and the Georgia Secretary of State’s Workplace to search out out what occurred. Fulton County officers at first mentioned solely 19 residents are registered to vote on the nursing dwelling deal with. They later modified that to 21. State officers deferred to Fulton County.
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“Fulton County says we received 4 requests, we despatched out 4 ballots. It’s odd that they’re saying 40 requests… One thing shouldn’t be including up but. I’m not positive what it’s,” mentioned Gabriel Sterling with the Georgia Secretary of State’s Workplace.
State officers say if anybody has not obtained an absentee poll by now, they need to make plans to vote in particular person.
The state has launched an official investigation into what went fallacious and why it occurred.