A member of the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections raised concerns on Nov. 21 about a date discrepancy on a CT Martin early-voting status tape, and the board unanimously voted to obtain opening tapes for review.

The member said the CT Martin tape header showed the poll opened on Oct. 27, 2025, and listed the poll closed date as "12/31/2125," with the report printed 12/31/2025 — an apparent typographical error. "It says the correct election date at the top... and then it says poll opened 10/27/2025 and poll closed 12/31/2125," the member said, requesting staff provide the opening tapes and slug files to determine why the closing date was recorded incorrectly.

Director Williams told the board the date printed on the tape was incorrect because the team that runs tapes is required to enter the date and time manually and that step was missed. "The date on top of the tape was not correct," Williams said. "That team did not do so. But, again, it does not change the election results. The tally is still the same, but we'll make sure that we update our SOPs."

Staff also explained reconciliation practices: when advanced-voting machines and ballots return to elections headquarters, the county performs physical counts of returned advanced ballots so that physical ballots match tape totals. Williams said the county has used a machine to perform those physical counts for at least four years and that the process catches unscanned or trapped ballots prior to certification.

After discussion about whether to review all opening tapes or just CT Martin, the board moved and seconded a motion to obtain opening tapes for the three advanced voting locations; the motion passed unanimously. Staff said they would provide the tapes, investigate the tape-title discrepancy, and, if required, file a Canvas discrepancy form as per policy. The board set a reconvening time at 3:00 p.m. Monday to continue pre-certification and to certify by 5:00 p.m.