![Gabriel Sterling, voting systems implementation manager for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, criticized Coffee County for its handling of the recount.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2020-12/sterling-768x474.jpg?itok=fCq534Eg)
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Gabriel Sterling with the Georgia Secretary of State's Office is blaming a new absentee ballot audit on Fulton County leaders.
Credit: Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder
Gabriel Sterling with the Georgia Secretary of State's Office is blaming a new absentee ballot audit on Fulton County leaders.
In this morning's headlines, Gabriel Sterling with the Georgia Secretary of State's Office says a new audit of Fulton County's absentee ballots could have been avoided if county leaders had taken action.