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. >> joining me now, tia mitchell, washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution, and communications director and senior adviser for the lincolnood to see you both. tia, what more can you tell us about these conspiracy theories circulating around voting in georgia? >> well, i think they have the same root as many election conspiracy theories, that's people trying to, i think, already cast some doubt just in case their preferred candidate doesn't win, and they can start pointing the fingers. it's not always -- it's rarely based on truth. it's based on conjecture and conspiracies, but i think it's to that end, but they're already casting doubt, laying blame in case things don't go their way on election night. >> and just to be clear, this is something that does happen. people make mistakes. when it was paper ballots if you filled in the wrong one, you could take it back and say, i made a mistake, and they would take that ballot away from you, destroy it, right? so it's not like it's something that never happens. people make mistakes. >> right. right, and we can get into the ins and outs of why georgia doesn't have hand-marked pa