Secretary of State Crittenden Clarifies Provisional Ballot Verification, Election Certification
Monday, November 12th, 2018
In order to assist in the reporting of accurate information, Secretary of State Robyn Crittenden offers the following clarification:
- The time period to verify provisional ballots ended on Friday, November 9. See O.C.G.A. 21-2-419(c). The only exception is provisional absentee ballots rejected due to a non-matched signature, which can be verified until county certification pursuant to a court order from U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May.
- While state law requires counties to certify their election results no later than 5 PM Tuesday, over half of Georgia counties have already certified their results. Counties that have certified their results have uploaded all results, including provisional ballots, to the Secretary of State’s Election Night Reporting website. You can view the counties that have already certified in the Results by County tab of that site. You can view the number of provisional ballots that a county has accepted in the Contest Details. The site will continue to be updated as additional counties certify their results.
