Peach Tree Times

Two election workers in Fulton County have been fired for allegedly shredding paper voter applications.

According to CBS News, coworkers reported that employees in question had checked out batches of applications for processing and then proceeded to shred them

The most populated county in the state is home to the city of Atlanta, where voters were allowed to register to vote by Oct. 2 for the Nov. 2 poll day to elect a mayor, members of City Council, along with other municipal posts. The applications that the employees shredded had been received two weeks prior to Oct. 12, according to CBS News.  

Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called on the Department of Justice to investigate the incident, stating that voters in the state were tired of the inadequacies happening in the county.

“After 20 years of documented failure in Fulton County elections, Georgians are tired of waiting to see what the next embarrassing revelation will be,” Raffensperger said. “The Department of Justice needs to take a long look at what Fulton County is doing and how their leadership disenfranchises Fulton voters through incompetence and malfeasance. The voters of Georgia are sick of Fulton County’s failures.”

The Chairman of the Fulton County Commission, Rob Pitts, stated in a press release after announcing the terminations: “Elections are the most important function of our government. We have committed to transparency and integrity.”