ATLANTA — A second election official in Georgia has been fired for “negligent failure to follow protocol” that resulted in several dozen ballots being omitted from DeKalb County’s original vote count, officials said Friday.

The DeKalb County elections board recertified its results for the second time in as many days Friday morning, adding 59 absentee ballots that were previously omitted.

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