Anonymous ID: 7bd016 Jan. 6, 2022, 11:51 a.m. No.15321207   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>1213 >>1220 >>1248 >>1265 >>1312

Georgia opens investigation into ballot harvesting claims

WASHINGTON (TND) — Amid claims of ballot harvesting, Georgia has opened an investigation into the state's 2020 general election and subsequent U.S. Senate runoff.

 

Under Georgia law, it is illegal for any third party to pick up and drop off ballots for voters, also known as ballot harvesting. According to reports, at least 242 people made over 5,000 ballot drop-offs during the Georgia Senate runoff elections.

 

“Credible evidence was given to us that people were harvesting ballots,” said Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to The National Desk’s Jan Jeffcoat. “This information was provided to us and they said there's a witness, a 'John Doe.' And so we're looking at subpoenaing that person to get the information.”

 

According to JustTheNews, Raffensperger’s office received a detailed complaint from conservative watchdog group True the Vote, including an account of a Georgia man who said he received $10 per ballot delivered.

 

“We’re going to have to subpoena John Doe because that’s where the information is. No one knows who that person is,” said Raffensperger. “We need to find that out, find out who paid him.” After the election in 2020, Trump argued on a phone call that ballot harvesting and other election fraud had occurred, and pressured Raffensperger to conduct audits to prove his allegations.

 

“He wanted us to look at things and we look at every single allegation that was made,” said Raffensperger. But as to whether the investigation into ballot harvesting raises concerns regarding the outcome of the 2020 election, Raffensperger says “we’ll see where it takes us.”

 

“Ballot harvesting, those are still lawful ballots, they’ve just been handled fraudulently. Many states actually allow ballot harvesting,” said Raffensperger. “We outlawed it because we think that the only person that should touch the ballot is the voter and the election worker and there shouldn't be any people and intermediaries in between.”

 

The Fulton County Board of Elections recertified recount results for the presidential election earlier this month, amidst reports of widespread mismanagement and irregularities. A report from Carter Jones, an independent monitor who observed election operations in the county, delivered a 350-page report of “mismanagement,” according to Raffensperger.

 

“This has been going on in Fulton County since 1993,” said Raffensperger. “It's gross mismanagement, disorganization up and down the line.” The report from Jones didn’t include ballot stuffing or illegality, but “mismanagement is a breeding ground for conspiracy theories,” said Raffensperger.

 

“We didn't get the information until November. So it’s really almost a year after the election. I don't know why the people were holding on to it. Why didn’t they bring it to us right away so we could have done an investigation immediately?” said Raffensperger. “But be that as it may, we got the information to open up an investigation, and that's what we're going to do.”

 

While Raffensperger believes that most people will return to more traditional forms of voting in the upcoming midterm elections, he’s added additional safeguards to maintain election integrity.

 

“Now you have to send a copy of your driver's license to get your absentee ballot,” said Raffensperger. “Also, the drop boxes have been moved inside.”

 

https://katv.com/news/nation-world/georgia-opens-investigation-into-ballot-harvesting-claims

Anonymous ID: 7bd016 Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m. No.15321346   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>1356 >>1358 >>1398

The Next Big Lies: Jan. 6 Was No Big Deal, or a Left-Wing Plot

 

How revisionist histories of Jan. 6 picked up where the “stop the steal” campaign left off, warping beliefs about what transpired at the Capitol.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/us/politics/jan-6-lies.html

 

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NYT is pathetic.

 

C'mon, I know you clowns can do better than this.