The Georgia Court of Appeals on May 11 revived a lawsuit alleging that fraudulent or counterfeit ballots were found in Fulton County during the 2020 general election.
The appeals court issued an order (pdf) remanding the ballot case back to the Superior Court. However, the order only applies to petitioners who are residents of Fulton County.
Nine plaintiffs, among them Garland Favorito, founder of the group Voters Organized for Trusted Election Results in Georgia (VoterGA), initially filed the lawsuit against members of the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections in December 2020.
As part of their lawsuit (pdf), the plaintiffs produced sworn affidavits from multiple senior poll managers who participated in the ballot counting process and contended they saw mail-in ballots that had no fold marks from being mailed, not marked with a writing instrument, and printed on different paper stock, leading them to believe there were additional absentee ballots added in a fraudulent manner….