Kyle Becker says the memory card error is a reason to move to all paper ballots
Kyle BeckerConservative writer and host of the Becker Brief podcast, posting on X
Becker posts that a missing memory card flipped the apparent outcome of the House District 154 race, calls it an error under investigation, and asks whether Democrats can now agree to move to all paper ballots.
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The Seminole County Board of Elections did not upload a memory card containing Election Day results into the county's election management system, leaving about 388 ballots out of the county's reported count until the Secretary of State's office flagged the gap.
“Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched an investigation into the error. Maybe Democrats can agree that we should now go to ALL PAPER BALLOTS?”
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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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Kyle Becker posts on X that a missing memory card flipped the apparent outcome of the Georgia House District 154 race, that Raffensperger has opened an investigation, and asks whether Democrats can now agree to all paper ballots.
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Press release from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office announcing an investigation into Seminole County's late upload of Election Day results. It says post-election checks found about 388 more voters checked in than ballots reported, that the county board then determined a memory card had not been uploaded, and that Rep. Gerald Greene now leads the House District 154 race by 262 votes. It quotes Raffensperger and gives the county's Monday certification deadline.
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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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Becker writes that a missing memory card flipped the apparent outcome of a Georgia House race, with Greene going from 58 votes behind to 262 ahead after uncounted votes were found in Seminole County, and that Democrats would have a one-seat majority if the result holds.
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The Secretary of State's office describes Georgia's voting system as a paper ballot system, and Seminole County's elections supervisor said the county's ballots, scanner tape and memory card data agreed on its total.
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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. Becker calls the omission an error and presents it as a reason to move to all paper ballots, criticizing a count that depended on a memory card being uploaded.
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