Fulton County election officials said they are behind - possibly by about two hours - counting absentee ballots after a pipe burst near a room at State Farm Arena where some of those ballots were being held.See also:
According to election officials, none of the ballots were damaged in the process. No voting equipment was effected either, officials said.
Fulton County Registration chief Ralph Jones said that the pipe burst just after 6 a.m. Tuesday in the room above where they ballots were being kept, and water was draining down to the left side of the room where the ballots were.
State Farm did come to fix the issue - which was repaired by about 8 a.m. - but there was a brief delay in tabulating the absentee ballots while the repairs were being made, Jones said.
"We think that we have a good faith argument that we can go around him. Because if we needed the governor, that's contrary to what the United States Constitution states, which is that it's the legislature that's vested with that authority to determine how electors should be cast, not the executive," state Sen. William Ligon, a Republican, told The Epoch Times.
Ligon and three other lawmakers drafted a petition calling for a special session, pointing to what they say is evidence of a systemic failure to observe state election code during the Nov. 3 election.
"What we're seeing in Georgia is a violation of the law, there's fraud," Ligon said, pointing to ballots being counted after poll watchers were effectively being told to leave and a water leak that halted the counting of ballots for four hours on Election Day, as well as a consent order that some argue violated the Constitution.
"So what we're seeking to do is have a special session to review this and then determine whether or not the election was valid," Ligon said. "And if it was not valid, then the legislature should determine how the votes for the electors... we'll have to vote for who the electors will be," he added.
If enough lawmakers band together, some foresee the legislature appointing electors for President Donald Trump, even if state election officials say the vote count shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won the state.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, said Sunday that he opposes calling a special session. A spokesman for the governor didn't respond when asked whether Kemp believes the legislature can call one without him.
Ligon told The Epoch Times that a majority vote from each legislative chamber is required to convene a special session.
Ligon pointed to litigation that's ongoing when asked what would happen if lawmakers fail to get enough votes.
"But we believe that the legislature has a role in this. And that role is given to it by the United States Constitution and the legislature makes judgment decisions all the time when it comes to passing laws that affect people of the state. The legislature even has the power to try constitutional officers that are being impeached. So we are a body that can look at issues, make determinations of fact, and then act accordingly," he added.
Voter GA co-founder Garland Favorito swore in an affidavit last month with the secretary of state's office that, "I concluded from looking at these results that this was an irregularity, since there was no obvious reason for President Trump's totals to have decreased while former Vice President Biden's totals increased dramatically."
Favorito continued to research the Dominion voting machines fluctuations and "glitches" and found more evidence of votes being switched from President Trump to Joe Biden elsewhere in the state.
This past week elections officials in Ware County Georgia confirmed that they found votes switched from President Trump to Joe Biden when they entered equal numbers of ballots for each candidate through the Dominion Voting machines.
Georgia Rep. Jody Hice reported on this vote switching on Friday.
And Favorito, an independent, and his group Voter Georgia released a statement on the findings in Ware County.
Favorito was not allowed to testify last week. He believes it is because his testimony would expose the Secretary of State and his twisted sidekick Gabriel Sterling.
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