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<br>ATLANTA (AP) - Citing newly filed motions, a judge has canceled a meeting to discuss logistical plans for a review of absentee ballots from Georgia's most populous county.<br> <br>Henry County Chief Judge Brian Amero last week agreed to unseal 147,000 mail ballots from Fulton County after a group of voters sued for access to look for evidence of fraud in last year's general election. He had scheduled a meeting Friday to discuss the specifics of the scanning and visual inspection of the ballots.<br> <br>But in motions filed Wednesday and Thursday, Fulton County, the county board of elections and the county court clerk all asked the judge to dismiss the lawsuit.<br><br>In an email sent to the parties Thursday, the judge said those motions need to be dealt with before logistics can be discussed.<br> <br>Amero wrote in the email that he hopes to hold a hearing on the [https://www.brandsreviews.com/search?keyword=motions motions] June 21 and plans to issue an order next week setting the hearing date.<br> <br>The ballot review effort in Georgia is among several around the country pushed by Trump supporters and others who claim the 2020 election was marred by fraud.<br>State and federal authorities have repeatedly said there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the election.<br> <br>Georgia election results were certified months ago, and  [https://www.garnelenshop-bayern.de/Soechting OxydatorGlasbehälter] a new review cannot change the results. After the initial tally and before certification, the state did a full hand [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recount recount] of the presidential race to satisfy a new audit requirement in state law.<br><br>Another recount, in which the ballots were run through scanners to be tallied again, was done at the request of former Republican President Donald Trump´s campaign after he lost the state by a narrow margin to Democrat Joe Biden.<br> <br>Garland Favorito, who is known for espousing numerous conspiracy theories, is leading the review effort in Georgia.<br>He says he's seeking the truth.<br> <br>"If all these votes are correct and there are no counterfeit ballots, then we can go home and rest assured that the election was conducted correctly," he said. "If there are a lot of counterfeit ballots, then we need to figure out how to prevent that in the future."<br> <br>Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts has repeatedly slammed the push for a review.<br> <br>"It is outrageous that Fulton County continues to be a target of those who cannot accept the results from last year´s election," he said last week after Amero agreed to unseal the ballots.<br><br>"The votes have been counted multiple times, including a hand recount, and no evidence of fraud has been found."<br>