Abrams seeks to have more than just "every vote" counted, however. She wants all votes, even those apparently cast illegally and rejected by election officials, counted towards her total. Her team's Federal lawsuit covers around a thousand absentee ballots that CNN says were rejected because of "missing information," but also several thousand provisional ballots cast in "Gwinnett and Dekalb counties...[rejected] because [the voters] are registered in a different county."
Those voters may have voted by mistake, or they may have voted twice, in their home county and in a separate counting, hoping a provisional ballot cast in a different county would be counted. Provisional ballots are only counted in the event of a very close race, and even then, elections officials abide by very strict standards.
Stacey Abrams Files Suit To Force Georgia Gubernatorial Election Into A Runoff
Those voters may have voted by mistake, or they may have voted twice, in their home county and in a separate counting, hoping a provisional ballot cast in a different county would be counted. Provisional ballots are only counted in the event of a very close race, and even then, elections officials abide by very strict standards.
Stacey Abrams Files Suit To Force Georgia Gubernatorial Election Into A Runoff