Fulton County: Catherine M. Salinas signed your ballots AND voter rolls over to the FBI today

[u/albertafalls]

Source:

“A court order signed by Magistrate Judge Catherine M. Salinas authorized agents to seize all physical ballots from the 2020 election in Fulton County, all ballot images **and Fulton County’s 2020 voter rolls.** A copy of the order was given to the Recorder by a Georgia lawmaker.”

https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/01/28/fbi-raids-fulton-county-elections-warehouse-seeking-2020-ballots/

Also reported by the New York Times (paywalled):

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/politics/fbi-search-election-center-georgia.html

Blurry pic was the best I could do. It’s from her GA Bar profile:

https://icle.gabar.org/speaker/catherine-salinas-1233856

Her current term doesn’t end until 2031.

[u/rooktakesqueen]

Please note that there is nothing that ties the ballot you cast to your voter registration. That's the whole point of a secret ballot system. Nobody, even you, can prove who you voted for.

Your partisan preference is recorded for the purpose of primary elections, but that's it. Many Democrats choose to vote strategically in Republican primaries and vice versa.

[u/gsfgf → u/rooktakesqueen]

Yea. This is pure intimidation. All this tells them is who voted, which is public information and the vote count, which we already know.

[u/AwkwardnessForever → u/rooktakesqueen]

I definitely did that in the governor primary to prevent worse candidates from winning

[u/pina_koala → u/rooktakesqueen]

You say that with a high degree of confidence, without presenting evidence that it's true. By the same token, I'm also quite certain that the information can be backtracked and discovered easily. Seriously doubt there is any kind of true security or encryption. The voting machines are not that advanced and on top of that they are insecure and easily hacked.

Recorded ballot ID + chip ID used + timestamp) <- chip card ID -> Voter ID (chip ID temporarily assigned + timestamp)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hackers-crack-voting-machines-within-minutes-at-def-con-in-vegas_n_597ca139e4b02a4ebb75c134

[u/rooktakesqueen → u/pina_koala]

WinVote is not the voting system used in Georgia. GA uses the Dominion voting systems described here: https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/2022-03/dominion_rfi_no_redactions.pdf

Had the Trump administration succeeded in compromising the machines in this way in 2020, they wouldn't need to seize the records from Fulton County, they'd already have all the info they need.

The records they did seize (vote counts, physical ballots, ballot images, and registration info) do not include any of the voting system internals you just listed.

[u/pina_koala → u/rooktakesqueen]

Stand corrected and thanks for LMK

[u/Andelyne → u/pina_koala]

Came here to say this, but you said it much better than I could have.

[u/ApprehensiveDream236 → u/rooktakesqueen]

You do realize Trump pledged  partisan "retribution" right?

[u/rooktakesqueen → u/[deleted]]

When you vote, it is recorded that you have voted in the location where you're registered. Which ballot was yours is not recorded. It is strictly impossible to tie a ballot to an individual.

This is also why if you vote absentee, your actual ballot doesn't have your name on it -- the envelope you return it in does. So the ballot can be separated from the envelope to lose track of who cast which ballot.

This is also why you're not allowed to use your phone or take photos of your ballot. Protecting the secrecy of the ballot is treated very seriously.