Georgia Secretary of State
Recent News About Georgia Secretary of State
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Georgia SOS Raffensperger speaking at DC elections conference held by "hard core leftist"
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) is speaking at an elections conference this week run by a lawyer who has been described as a “hard-core leftist” who “hates conservatives."
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Georgia secretary of state: 'Every eligible Georgian can register and know their vote counts' as Warnock wins Senate runoff with 'record-breaking turnout'
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state, recently announced record-breaking voter turnout for the Georgia Senate run-off between Republican Hershell Walker and incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock, which Warnock won. The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board said President Joe Biden's "Jim Crow 2.0 died again" as Georgia's election laws seemed to work very well producing record voter turnout. Many corporations criticized the Election Integrity Act last year claiming it would impede on voting rights, however for the 2022 general election, Georgia saw record voting results both in early voting, absentee ballots and on Election Day.
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Georgia secretary of state on historic early voting turnout: 'Claims of voter suppression in Georgia are conspiracy theories'
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger claimed the record early voting turnout in Georgia for the Senate runoff between incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker demonstrated there was no voter suppression going on.
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Meta: Company focused on connecting voters with 'reliable information' after it was critical of Election Integrity Act
Control of the U.S. Senate has come down to Georgia voters, and companies that voiced opposition to last year’s voting law changes are assessing how they have affected the voting process.
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Coca-Cola mum on midterm turnout in Georgia after CEO said he was 'disappointed' with Election Integrity Act
Control of the U.S. Senate has come down to Georgia voters, and companies that voiced opposition to last year’s voting law changes are assessing how they have affected the voting process.
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Merck mum on midterm turnout in Georgia after company was critical of Election Integrity Act
Control of the U.S. Senate has come down to Georgia voters, and companies that voiced opposition to last year’s voting law changes are assessing how they have affected the voting process.
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Apple mum on midterm turnout in Georgia after previously criticizing Election Integrity Act
Control of the U.S. Senate has come down to Georgia voters, and companies that voiced opposition to last year’s voting law changes are assessing how they have affected the voting process.
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Delta Air Lines mum on midterm turnout in Georgia after calling Election Integrity Act 'unacceptable'
Control of the U.S. Senate has come down to Georgia voters, and companies that voiced opposition to last year’s voting law changes are assessing how that law affected the voting process.
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Protecting against 'voter intimidation' at issue in amicus brief filed by Honest Elections Project
The Honest Elections Project (HEP), a voter integrity advocacy group, has filed an amicus brief in combined lawsuits challenging election reform legislation, SB 202, signed by Gov. Brian Kemp in March 2021.
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Raffensperger primary results challenged in court by VoterGA
A nonpartisan voter integrity group is challenging the primary election results of Sec.
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Georgia, Wisconsin investigate ballot harvesting allegations
Officials in Georgia and Wisconsin are investigating allegations that mail ballots were collected by third-party political activists and placed in drop boxes (ballot harvesting) in the 2020 general election, and in Georgia’s two special elections that gave control of the U.S. Senate to the Democrats.
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VoterGA co-founder says 'no technical or business reason' to move voter registration list to internet cloud
Voter group VoterGA is asking Georgia lawmakers to block Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s plan to outsource the state’s voter registration system by moving it to the internet cloud.
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VoterGA refutes Raffensperger's statement on 2020 election
Georgia voter group VoterGA contends that a year-old letter that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger sent to members of Congress and the state General Assembly concerning the 2020 general election results contains numerous errors.
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Fulton County district attorney nears decision on charging Trump
A decision could be made any day by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on whether she’ll charge former President Donald Trump and others for allegedly trying to coerce Georgia officials to rescind Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory in the Peach State.
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'The right to vote is a core benefit of citizenship': Group to host rally at Capitol pushing against non-citizen voting Georgia elections
Americans for Citizens Voting will host a rally at the state capitol in Atlanta on Saturday, Jan. 8 at 1 p.m., supporting an amendment to the state’s constitution clarifying that only U.S. citizens should be eligible to vote in Georgia elections.
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Conservative advocate cites years of Justice Department 'colluding' with progressive groups
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recent suit against the Department of Justice over its non-compliance with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request into the communications the DOJ may have had with left-wing groups leading up to a lawsuit it filed in June against Georgia’s election law, has the support of a conservative advocate.
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Elections analyst sides with Georgia in lawsuit against Justice Department over FOIA request
Georgia has filed a legal action asking a federal judge to enforce a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Department of Justice to see if DOJ officials conspired with what a press release calls "prominent liberal groups" before suing the state over its recently enacted election law.
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More votes counted than cast in Georgia 2020 General Election, analysis of state voter data shows
An analysis of 2020 election results and individual Georgia Department of Elections data shows a 3,742-vote difference between those marked as having participated in the election and the number of ballots certified as being cast.
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'We aim to make elections boring again': Raffensperger says new voting laws improve efficiency, voter confidence
The state’s new election laws have altered the requirements for voting with the recently held election being the first time that people experienced voting under the new rules.
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Georgia watchdog group: Counties missing thousands of ballot images from 2020 election
Seventy-four Georgia counties cannot produce thousands of original ballot images, whose retention is required by law, from the 2020 general election, an investigation by the election watchdog group VoterGA has found.