By — Associated Press Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ballot-counting-paused-in-large-georgia-county Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Ballot counting paused in large Georgia county Politics Jan 6, 2021 5:12 PM EDT Georgia’s largest county is stopping ballot processing and tabulation for the day after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington. READ MORE: How Democrats won Georgia’s Senate seats in runoff elections Fulton County spokeswoman Jessica Corbitt said Wednesday that tabulation in Georgia’s two U.S. Senate runoffs was halted “out of an abundance of caution.” “We have also closed all of our offices in downtown Atlanta,” Corbitt said. The county’s elections director, Richard Barron, told the board of commissioners earlier Wednesday that the county had approximately 7,500 mail-in absentee ballots left to upload. The Associated Press has called the runoffs for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Trump mob breaches U.S. Capitol By — Associated Press Associated Press
Georgia’s largest county is stopping ballot processing and tabulation for the day after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington. READ MORE: How Democrats won Georgia’s Senate seats in runoff elections Fulton County spokeswoman Jessica Corbitt said Wednesday that tabulation in Georgia’s two U.S. Senate runoffs was halted “out of an abundance of caution.” “We have also closed all of our offices in downtown Atlanta,” Corbitt said. The county’s elections director, Richard Barron, told the board of commissioners earlier Wednesday that the county had approximately 7,500 mail-in absentee ballots left to upload. The Associated Press has called the runoffs for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Trump mob breaches U.S. Capitol