Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's victory party was significant not just for a surprise guest but for the time she addressed her supporters.
‘s victory party Tuesday was noteworthy not just for a surprise guest but for the time she addressed her supporters: less than two hours after polls closed.“The state and Fulton County have been working diligently together to improve processes in the county,” said David Becker, founder of the Center for Election Innovation and Research. “In fact, statewide, I am seeing this in both blue and red counties.
After the 2020 elections, in which some voters stood in line for hours and Georgia was one of several states that counted results for days with the outcome in doubt, the general assembly passed new laws that could have led to a stateFulton County Elections Superintendent Nadine Williams said the county has streamlined check-in procedures, consolidated polling sites, and introduced additional police escorts and memory card uploaders to make its elections more transparent and efficient.
“The old joke with Fulton County is that they are so late getting their results in because they didn’t know how many votes they needed until election night,” he said. “But it has been an absolute mess in recent years.”
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