2021]) the version of the videos shown to the public was comprised only of snippets.11
The gist of his claim was that illegal ballots were being surreptitiously retrieved from
suitcases hidden under a table and then tabulated. In fact, the entirety of the videos
shows the “disputed” ballots were among those in a room filled with people, including
election monitors, until about 10:00 pm. At about 10:00 p.m., the boxes – not suitcases
– containing the ballots were placed under a table in preparation for the poll watchers to
leave for the evening. Those boxes were reopened and their contents retrieved and
scanned when the state official monitor intervened, instructing the workers that they
should remain to tabulate the votes until 10:30 p.m. that evening. When viewed in full
context and not as snippets, the videos do not show secreting and counting of illegal
ballots. Based upon the claim, however, the Georgia Secretary of State conducted an
investigation. The video tapes were viewed in their entirety by the Secretary’s office, law
enforcement, and fact checkers who, according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger,
all concluded that there was no improper activity.
Respondent's argument with respect to the video is that a reasonable observer
could conclude that there was an illegal counting of the mail-in ballots. If, as respondent
claims, he reviewed the entire video, he could not have reasonably reached a conclusion
that illegal votes were being counted. We disagree that the video can be viewed as
evidence of illegal conduct during the vote tabulation process or that it provided a
reasonable basis for respondent’s conclusions.
The full videos are found at https://securevotega.com/factcheck/. The snippets shown
during respondent’s show, while once available on YouTube, have been taken down for
violating their community standards
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PchtaUsRH70 [last accessed June 2, 2021])
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