Peach Tree Times

Frequent Trump punching bag Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has announced his office is sending 8,000 letters to out-of-state voters who requested ballots for the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff.

Raffensperger’s office sent the letters to individuals who had previously indicated they moved out of state but then requested ballots for the Senate runoff election that will be held on Jan. 5. Raffensperger said only qualified Georgians can vote in the election. 

The individuals are the ones who had previously filed a National Change of Address notice with the United States Post Office and then requested an absentee ballot for the election.

Raffensberger reminded the individuals in the letters that casting a ballot in Georgia elections without possessing the proper qualifications would be committing a felony under the state’s law.

“I have said many times that I will not tolerate out of state voters attempting to undermine the integrity of the vote in Georgia,” Raffensperger said in the news release. “Let this be a warning to anyone looking to come to Georgia temporarily to cast a ballot in the runoffs or anyone who has established residence in another state but thinks they can game the system: we will find you and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”

Last week, Raffensperger announced a partnership with the University of Georgia in an attempt to verify signatures of mail-in ballots for future elections, like the runoff election. 

Raffensperger recently criticized an employee for making errors during the November election and disobeying orders.

Raffensperger said the employee cut corners that ended up causing Fulton County to lose the ability to upload thousands of scanned ballots. 

Fulton County’s Dominion Voting Systems server crashed earlier in December, which left the workers to rescan more than 300,000 ballots before the state’s deadline.

Trump fired off a tweet earlier this month calling Gov. Brain Kemp, Raffensperger and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan “RINOS,” meaning “Republican in Name Only.”

In the tweet, Trump slammed the government officials for refusing to call a special session, nor would they check for signature verification.