"I can no longer...satisfy the Citizens of Atlanta and the world that those ballots are secure."

[AverageOldGuy]

3. Help me out here

Federal law requires that ballots in federal elections be retained for 22 months after which they can be destroyed, depending on local or state laws.

I served 12 years on the Electoral Board of a rural Virginia county. On the day after each election -- before noon -- we must have all ballots -- used and unused ballots -- packaged and sealed and delivered to the Clerk of the Circuit Court. The Clerk keeps the ballots and other paperwork associated with the election in her vault for the required time -- 22 months for federal elections, 30 days for state and local. Then -- our clerk, and every other clerk I knew of, had the ballots shredded and incinerated.

WTF are they doing in Atlanta , holding onto ballots from an election that was over five years ago? 22 months after Nov 2020 is September 2022. Those ballots should have been disposed of a long time ago. Or maybe Georgia hangs on to ballots forever???

Can someone familiar with Georgia election procedures weigh in here?

Of course, if the actual ballots have been destroyed, then watch for Trump to lose his shit.