#senator warnock

-- Former President Barack Obama, on Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, while campaigning on behalf of Rev. Raphael Warnock for Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff election.

You see, in Cobb County, Georgia, a human error at the county elections office resulted in 1,046 absentee ballots not getting sent to voters. Essentially they were marked as sent when they weren't.

It's okay, though, because the county is going to do the right thing. They've gotten the ballots out and, since they went out late, they've extended the deadline for absentee ballots until November 14th (an additional 6 days) to make sure that everyone gets a chance to turn their vote in.

But here's the thing. Georgia's Senate race is close. Very close. And it's possible that this race could determine which party takes control of the entire Senate, not just one seat. Cobb County is also mostly black and will probably send in a lot of Democratic votes. If the race comes down to a few hundred votes and we have to wait for Cobb County to count those late ballots, be prepared for Republicans to cry "fraud" because it's taking a while.

I want you to know right here and now, before any votes are counted and before we know anything about the outcome, that this particular accusation is a lie. Cobb County is going to be a little late counting ballots because they're trying to be fair and not punish voters for the mistakes of election officials. The likely accusation that this delay is because of or in order to facilitate fraud is made in bad faith; they are trying to fool you into seeing fraud where none exists and you should call out that kind of behavior for what it is.