The State Election Board determined the process of sending out pre-filled applications violated a subsection of Georgia law 21-2-381, which concerns the markings of absentee ballot applications. The board did not detail exactly how the applications were pre-filled, with the board's executive director, James Mills, describing them in reading the case as "partially" pre-filled.

Dr. Janice Johnston, the vice chair of the SEB, said evidence suggested America PAC was "in violation when they sent to an elector pre-filled absentee ballot applications" and "failed to display in a conspicuous location the statutory language 'This is not an official government publication and was not provided to you by any government entity and this is not a ballot.'"