No Absentee Ballots Destroyed After Georgia Mail Truck Catches Fire, Official Says

A U.S. Postal Service truck potentially carrying absentee ballots caught fire in Georgia on Oct. 24, 2022. Courtesy of Baker County Sheriff's Office

Updated on Oct. 29:

A Georgia official confirmed on Oct. 28 that no ballots were lost after a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) truck, potentially carrying 43 “outstanding ballots,” caught fire.

“As a follow up from the reports earlier this week on the USPS Jeep fire in Baker County. The review has let us know that there were NO ballots on the truck,” Gabriel Sterling said in a statement on Twitter.

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A mail truck that could have been carrying absentee ballots went up in flames in Georgia on Oct. 24, destroying the vehicle and its contents, according to authorities.