Georgia Sends Letters to Thousands of Out-of-State Voters Who Asked for Mail Ballots
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger sent letters to approximately 8,000 people who live outside the state but requested mail-in ballots, he announced Monday.
“Qualified Georgians and only Georgians are allowed to vote in our elections,” the Republican said in a statement.
“I have said many times that I will not tolerate out of state voters attempting to undermine the integrity of the vote in Georgia. 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.”
Georgia voter registration group surprised by investigation announcement
In November, Georgia s Secretary of State s office launched an investigation into, Operation New Voter Registration.
ATLANTA - The founder of a voter registration group recently revealed to be under investigation by the Georgia Secretary of State s Office said the announcement was unexpected, but that they have nothing to hide. Of course it was a surprise, but I knew that was I was doing was to the letter of the law, said Paul Heller, founder of Operation New Voter Registration GA. Being surprised, but being responsible, I just found a top election law attorney in Georgia and confirmed what we were doing was to the letter of the law.
Georgia Investigating Groups Allegedly Registering Non-Residents to Vote By Rachel Tillman and Associated Press Nationwide PUBLISHED 1:38 PM ET Nov. 30, 2020 PUBLISHED 1:38 PM EST Nov. 30, 2020
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ATLANTA Election officials in Georgia say they have opened an investigation into groups allegedly trying to illegally register people to vote ahead of the upcoming Senate runoff elections in January.
What You Need To Know
Georgia s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Monday his office is investigating potential violations of election law
Raffensperger singled out groups that he said are working to register people in other states to vote in a high-profile runoff election for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats.
investigation into a group called America Votes, who is sending absentee
ballot applications to people at addresses where they have not lived since
1994. The new Georgia Project, who sent voter registration applications to
New York City and Operation New Voter Registration Georgia, who is telling
college students in Georgia that they can change their residency to Georgia
and then change it back after the election.
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supporting them? And it doesn t really matter if the numbers are small.
This is what everybody from Bill Barr to Jimmy Carter said about the
potential fraud in mail-in-voting.
to be a crime. And so, it s breathtaking that many of these groups are -