{"id":45769,"date":"2021-01-06T09:09:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T13:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=45769"},"modified":"2021-01-06T09:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T13:09:01","slug":"oh-really-emergency-ballot-used-in-the-georgia-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=45769","title":{"rendered":"Oh, really, &#8220;emergency ballot&#8221; used in the Georgia runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u201cProgramming error on security keys\u201d prompts \u201cemergency ballot\u201d use in Georgia Senate runoff<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->by: Ethan Huff<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45770\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ballot-Counting-Machine-Touch-Screen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ballot-Counting-Machine-Touch-Screen.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ballot-Counting-Machine-Touch-Screen-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ballot-Counting-Machine-Touch-Screen-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/\">Natural News<\/a>) Gabriel Sterling, Voting System Implementation Manager for the Georgia Secretary of State\u2019s office,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/breaking\/ga-senate-election-security-key\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced early Tuesday morning<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter that a \u201cprogramming error on security keys\u201d resulted in \u201cbackup emergency ballots\u201d having to be brought in to Columbia County (located near Augusta) for the Georgia Senate runoff election.<\/p>\n<p>Just before 5:30am, Sterling notified the world that \u201c[s]ome issues\u201d were detected in Columbia County with \u201clocations scanners\u201d and \u201cpollworker cards.\u201d As a result, voting was forced to continue on backup emergency ballots, with \u201c[n]ewly programmed keys [and] cards \u2026 being taken to locations via law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sterling, as you may recall, has been aggressively lashing out against President Donald Trump in recent days for suggesting that the Nov. 3 election in Georgia was in any way mishandled. Prior to this latest incident, Sterling claimed that Georgia\u2019s elections are perfect with no mistakes, despite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/2020-12-28-georgia-election-untrustworthy-senate-committee-report-concludes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overwhelming evidence<\/a>\u00a0to the contrary.<\/p>\n<p>A typical government official who is vehemently anti-Trump and not shy about admitting it, Sterling recently told\u00a0<i>The Atlantic<\/i>\u00a0that he is unable to separate his NeverTrump beliefs from his job. Following the Nov. 3 sham election, Sterling admitted to \u201ctaking a victory lap\u201d because he was very happy that Trump \u201clost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several hours following the incident, Sterling announced in a follow-up tweet that the issue was \u201cresolved hours ago,\u201d adding that his office \u201cinformed the public about it in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe votes of everyone will be protected and counted,\u201d Sterling further wrote, taking a jab directly at Trump who tweeted about Dominion machines \u201cnot working in certain Republican Strongholds for over an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry you received old intel Mr. President,\u201d Sterling sarcastically and disrespectfully added.<\/p>\n<p>To keep up with the latest news about fraudulent elections, be sure to check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trump.news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump.news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Democrat operatives roaming polling stations in Cobb County near Atlanta<\/h2>\n<p>Over in Cobb County (Northwest Atlanta),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativedestructionmedia.com\/news\/politics\/2021\/01\/05\/democratic-operatives-invade-ga-polling-stations-during-elections-intimidate-film-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports have emerged<\/a>\u00a0to suggest that Democrats are invading polling stations and interfering with the voting process.<\/p>\n<p>So-called \u201cauthorized bloggers\u201d from the Democrat Party have reportedly been given permission to infiltrate the polling stations to intimidate voters, invade their privacy and otherwise threaten them into voting for the Democrat candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoll watcher from NY already here,\u201d wrote one insider about what is supposedly taking place on the ground in Cobb County. \u201cAsking questions while we are getting ready for 7am. She was here on Nov. 2; more expected. Probably paid by DNC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This same source wrote that said \u201cpoll watcher\u201d had been sent to Cobb County by an organization called the Georgia Democrats Voter Protection Hotline. Back in November, this same organization placed personnel within 100 feet of the entrance to a polling station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoll watchers are wandering around the voting area at each polling center,\u201d the source further added. \u201cIn November they weren\u2019t allowed to do this. It is perceived by voting officials as a problem but it is not being stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These so-called poll watchers are apparently talking to voters before they vote, which is illegal. Some of them are also filming voters despite not having credentials, claiming that they were given \u201cspecial permission \u2026 by a Cobb County poll manager named Geniene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe man in the black suit in the background appears to be giving a running account of voting to somebody,\u201d the source further wrote. \u201cIf I had to guess it would be to Dem [headquarters].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One commenter on the\u00a0<i>CD Media<\/i>\u00a0story who claims to be from Illinois says that as bad as things are in that state election-wise, \u201cno cameras are allowed in any polling space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the hell is this stuff?\u201d the same commenter added. \u201cThrow them jack asses out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Sources for this article include:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/breaking\/ga-senate-election-security-key\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheNationalPulse.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/2020-12-28-georgia-election-untrustworthy-senate-committee-report-concludes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NaturalNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/creativedestructionmedia.com\/news\/politics\/2021\/01\/05\/democratic-operatives-invade-ga-polling-stations-during-elections-intimidate-film-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CreativeDestructionMedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/2021-01-06-programming-error-security-emergency-ballots-georgia-senate.html\">https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/2021-01-06-programming-error-security-emergency-ballots-georgia-senate.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cProgramming error on security keys\u201d prompts \u201cemergency ballot\u201d use in Georgia Senate runoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}