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By Zack Budryk - 12/10/20 08:58 PM EST
Georgia’s GOP House speaker on Thursday called for a constitutional amendment under which lawmakers, rather than voters, would elect the state’s secretary of state.
Speaker David Ralston (R) made the recommendation on the heels of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s reported refusal to attend a state Senate hearing on the presidential election, as well as a Thursday House hearing. As the state’s chief elections official, it is incumbent on the Secretary of State to be responsive to the People’s House and faithfully perform his or her duties in accordance with the laws passed by the General Assembly,” Ralston said at the Thursday briefing, according to 11Alive.
It s obviously important to win those seats in Georgia, he said.
If we have more people who support the kinds of things that Joe Biden supports, I think we re going to have . a better government, he added.
Except for a trip to Philadelphia on Veterans Day, Biden has not left Delaware since being declared president-elect on Nov. 7.
He became the first Democrat to win the presidential election in Georgia since 1992, although Trump has refused to concede and contested the results by promoting unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud. Republican Georgia elections officials have denied his claims.
National Republicans have expressed concerns that Trump’s challenging of the election s integrity will lead GOP voters to be unmotivated to participate in the runoffs.