Seminole County elections supervisor says no memory card was missing
Ron FoskeySeminole County elections supervisor, in an announcement printed by The Donalsonville News
In a November 7 announcement, Foskey says no memory card was discovered, missing or found, that chain-of-custody protocols were followed and every card was accounted for on election night, and that the county's election management system had not finished processing the last precinct's card.
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No memory card was missing in Seminole County: all cards were accounted for on election night, and the county's election management system had not completed its program for the last precinct's memory card.
“There was NO memory card "discovered," "missing," or "found". All precinct card chain of custody protocols were followed, and all memory cards were accounted for by the Seminole County Board of Elections on election night.”
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Raffensperger says Seminole County's failure to upload a memory card reversed a Georgia House race; county says no card was missing
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on November 6 that Seminole County had not uploaded a memory card holding about 388 Election Day votes, and that adding them put Republican Rep. Gerald Greene 262 votes ahead of Democrat Harry James in House District 154. The county's elections supervisor says no card was missing and that the county's election software had not finished processing the last precinct's card.
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The Donalsonville News, the local paper in Seminole County, prints a November 7 announcement from Seminole County Elections Supervisor Ron Foskey disputing reports that a memory card was missing. It reports that the county's election management system had not completed the step that validates and publishes results for the last precinct, and that the completed report added 388 ballots to the election-night total.
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The Donalsonville News says Foskey made the announcement to clarify what it calls incorrect information about the Seminole County election being reported by media outlets and on social media.
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Foskey says the election management system did not complete its program for the last precinct's memory card, so the election summary report marked "Unofficial and Incomplete" was just that, and that the ballots, scanner tape and memory card data agreed on 2,911 ballots. The paper reports that completing the step produced a final report 388 ballots higher than the election-night report.
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The reference point is Seminole County's handling of its November 3, 2026 Election Day count, which left about 388 ballots out of the reported results until the Secretary of State's office flagged the gap on November 6. Foskey disputes the account that a memory card was missing and then found, saying the county accounted for every card and that an unfinished software step left the election-night report incomplete. He disputes how the episode has been described rather than arguing that the late count was acceptable.
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