Established Fact
The ACLU of Georgia was engaged by Fulton County to recruit attorneys as volunteer Deputy Registrars for Election Day 2020, assigned to manage absentee ballot cancellation at Fulton County polling locations through county election software. FOIA records subsequently disclosed that approximately 255 ACLU workers were deputized as registrars with access to the ENET (ElectioNet) voter registration platform. A veteran poll manager with over nine years of Fulton County experience reported that an ACLU clerk accessed the “entire ENET system” from her personal computer and could “clear any voter she wanted to vote.” No Deputy Registrar training sessions were recorded from March through October 2020, despite the Election Day deployment. This arrangement was accomplished without documented FCBRE authorization, the body vested with statutory authority under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-40.
Citations
ACLU of Georgia, “ACLU of Georgia Recruiting for Fulton County Deputy Registrars,” Oct. 2020 (ACLU of Georgia recruited attorneys as volunteer Deputy Registrars, sworn in and assigned to Fulton County polling locations on Election Day to manage the absentee ballot cancellation process through county election software), available at: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-georgia-recruiting-fulton-county-deputy-registrars.
FOIA records disclosed by investigative reporter Paul Sperry (Aug. 24, 2023) show Fulton election officials deputized approximately 255 ACLU workers as Deputy Registrars with access to the ENET (ElectioNet) voter registration software. Poll manager Bridget Thorne (9+ years Fulton experience) stated that an ACLU clerk accessed the “entire ENET system” from her personal computer and “could clear any voter she wanted to vote.” Source: Brian Lupo, Gateway Pundit, “Update: ACLU Workers in Fulton County, GA Had Access to Election Net Software on Their Personal Computers,” Aug. 29, 2023, available at: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/update-aclu-workers-fulton-county-ga-had-access/.
Monthly training records show zero Fulton County Deputy Registrar training sessions from March through October 2020, despite 255 ACLU workers being deployed on Election Day — raising questions about the adequacy of vetting and training for individuals granted access to county election software. Source: FOIA records via Gateway Pundit, Aug. 29, 2023, supra fn. 2.
ACLU of Georgia Recruiting for Fulton County Deputy Registrars: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-georgia-recruiting-fulton-county-deputy-registrars | ACLU.org
Update: ACLU Workers in Fulton County, GA Had Access to Election Net Software: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/update-aclu-workers-fulton-county-ga-had-access/ | The Gateway Pundit
Election Oversight Group Releases 262-Page Investigative Report on Fulton County’s 2020 General Election: https://georgiatips.substack.com/p/election-oversight-group-releases | Georgia Political Insight