Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has announced a partnership with the University of Georgia to verify signatures on mail-in ballots.
“The partnership will help instill confidence in Georgia’s absentee ballot system in future elections,” Raffensperger’s office said in a press release.
Raffensperger has been a frequent target of Republican critics.
Despite calling out errors in the election, Raffensperger is saying the results should stand as is.
President Donald Trump called Raffensperger a ‘RINO’ for not adopting better signature verification prior to the Jan. 5 runoff.
“Secretary Raffensperger has asked researchers at the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs to conduct research, including a randomized signature match study of election materials handled at the county level in the November 3 Presidential contest,” the release reads. “This work will also include research on processes used at the county level to perform signature-matching.”
Trump advisor Stephen Miller said the rules instated regarding signature matching in Georgia were flawed and unconstitutional.
“[T]he signature matching in Georgia that was illegally changed as a result of the consent decree without the legislators approval,” Miller recently said on Fox & Friends.
Miller encouraged the Georgia state legislature to “do the right thing” by setting aside a provisional vote to award the state’s electoral college tally in the event of a legal reversal.
Those chances appear to be dimming as the U.S. Supreme Court has put challenges from Georgia and Michigan on the backburner.
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