Carol Fullerton considering legal challenge to Darrel Ealum’s House 153 runoff win | Albany Herald

ALBANY — As far as Darrel Ealum is concerned, the Georgia House District 153 election ended with Tuesday night with his four-plus point victory over incumbent Carol Fullerton. Fullerton, however, has not conceded the election.

##“I’m not happy with the way things turned out, but you never are when you lose an election,” said Fullerton, who said she wants to change the way absentee balloting is conducted. “We are still thinking of contesting the election and we are talking with an attorney on the best course of action.”

##With all 15 Dougherty County precincts in 153 Democratic Primary runoff reporting Tuesday, unofficial results had Fullerton with a 1,451-1,176 vote lead over Ealum in the hotly contested runoff.

##There were, however, still at least 2,081 early in-person and absentee mail-in votes to tabulate once the precincts reported to the Government Center, which were more than enough to keep the results in doubt. Of those, 1,352 were cast in the House 153 race. Once those votes were counted, Ealum leaped ahead for a 2,118-1,945 win.

##More specifically, Ealum crushed Fullerton 512-130 in absentee mail-in ballot voting, providing his margin of victory. He also had a 52-vote margin advantage in the 710 in-person votes cast during the early voting period.

##“I don’t know if or we will file, but the legal process takes time,” Fullerton said. “If we do this, we will do it for the good of Dougherty County. I want to change the way absentee balloting is conducted in Dougherty County forever.”

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