U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, backed by Trump, is challenging Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger over claims Raffensberger did not investigate unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the state’s top election official, accused a fellow Republican at a debate Monday of lying and spreading misinformation about former President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election. U.S. Rep. Jody Hice shot back that Raffensperger did not adequately investigate the election results and was acting like a Democrat with his attacks.
He is among a number of Republican candidates for secretary of state around the country who either outright deny that Democrat Joe Biden won the presidency or make unsubstantiated claims that elections are not secure. Raffensperger said the request forms were intended to ensure Republican voters had equal access to absentee voting. Investigators knocked down multiple rumours after the 2020 election, but Hice persisted in spreading them, he said. Hice has maintained that an accurate count of the vote would show a Trump victory.
Multiple tallies of Georgia’s 5 million votes cast for president, including one done by hand, showed Biden won the state. Raffensperger has insisted that Georgia’s election was accurate and secure. Officials in other states and federal investigators, including Trump’s own attorney-general, have said there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 contest.
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