North Fulton Today

Fulton County Elections Director Rick Barron fired two election workers after an investigation into their alleged shredding of 300 voter registration applications, 11 Alive reported. 

According to Barron, the violation was first reported by their coworkers.

According to a Fulton County press release, county Commission Chairman Robb Pitts reported the incident to the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for investigation as soon as he learned of it.

"Elections are the most important function of our government. We have committed to transparency and integrity," Pitts said in the release.

According to 11 Alive, Fulton County Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman said it was not clear if the workers were Republicans or Democrats, or even whether the shredding was a preconceived plot.

"Personally, I feel like it was some employees that just didn’t do the right thing and now they’re fired they’re going to have to pay the piper for it," Abdur-Rahman told 11 Alive.

The Fulton County district attorney's office is investigating and the secretary of state has called for a federal investigation, 11 Alive reported.

According to state election law, all general or primary election documents have to be preserved up to 24 months after the election, GPB News reported. Because the applications were shredded, GPB said, it is not possible to determine how many were valid voters creating or updating their registration, or how many were duplicates or would have ultimately been illegible or invalid.