What exactly happened to this Blue Wave that the media promised?
What exactly happened to this Blue Wave that the media promised?
The 2020 trump card; she'll deliver those seats as she delivered the electoral win.
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The 2020 trump card; she'll deliver those seats as she delivered the electoral win.
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Georgia group founded by Stacey Abrams under investigation for seeking out-of-state, dead voters
Group was previously chaired by Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock
By Brooke Singman | Fox News
Washington Examiner political reporter Emily Larson reacts to President Trump planning to campaign in Georgia for GOP candidates in January runoffs.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched investigations into several groups, including one founded by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, for seeking to “aggressively” register “ineligible, out-of-state, or deceased voters” before the state’s Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections.
Raffensperger’s office on Wednesday said the investigations are into groups including America Votes, Vote Forward and The New Georgia Project — which was founded by Abrams and previously chaired by Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock.
GEORGIA SENATE RUNOFF SPURS ELECTION PROBE OF GROUPS TRYING TO REGISTER OUT-OF-STATE VOTERS
Raffensperger for weeks has issued warnings against efforts to register individuals who are ineligible to vote in Georgia’s runoff elections or to encourage people to come to Georgia with the sole purpose of casting ballots.
“I have issued clear warnings several times to groups and individuals working to undermine the integrity of elections in Georgia through false and fraudulent registrations,” Raffensperger said in a statement Wednesday. “The security of Georgia’s elections is of the utmost importance.”
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Raffensperger said Wednesday that his office has “received specific evidence that these groups have solicited voter registrations from ineligible individuals who have passed away or live out of state.”
“I will investigate these claims thoroughly and take action against anyone attempting to undermine our elections,” he vowed.
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Raffensperger said earlier this week that America Votes "is sending absentee ballot applications to people at addresses where they have not lived since 1994."
Vote Forward, he said, "attempted to register a dead Alabama voter, a woman, to vote here in Georgia." He also spotlighted The New Georgia Project, "who sent voter registration applications to New York City.”
The secretary of state also pinpointed “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.”
Raffensperger's office also has 23 investigators working on 250 open investigations into "credible claims of illegal voting" and election law violations, he said.
According to the Georgia Code, false registration, i.e. someone who registers to vote knowing that they do not possess the qualifications required by law, is a felony and can be punished by between one and 10 years in prison and/or up to a $100,000 fine.
Raffensperger's office on Wednesday detailed several instances in which the Abrams-Warnock associated group, The New Georgia Project, have allegedly solicited voters living out of state and people who have passed away. Warnock was chairman of the group until January.
Raffensperger's office referenced one Fulton County resident who reported receiving five postcards from The New Georgia Project soliciting a registration “for the same dead person" and a Cherokee County resident who received a voter registration solicitation from The New Georgia Project for his spouse who is ineligible to vote. A third person, according to Raffensperger's office, said The New Georgia Project sent a voter registration solicitation to his daughter who is not registered to vote in Georgia and had not lived in a different state for five years, while a fourth individual reported receiving a “package of postcards” at her home in New York City from The New Georgia Project encouraging people to register to vote in the Georgia Senate runoffs.
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Another effort, according to Georgia election officials, Operation New Voter Registration GA, encouraged Emory students to register fraudulently to vote in the Jan. 5 runoffs. A flier from the group told students that “Your current residence can be another state. You are simply changing your state of residence now; and it can be switched back for future elections (your option).”
Meanwhile, Vote Forward, a nonprofit organization, sent a letter to a long-deceased Alabama resident, encouraging her to register to vote, while America Votes, which calls itself “the coordination hub of the progressive community,” sent two absentee ballot applications in one week to an individual at an address where they had not resided since July 1994.
The current balance of power for the next Senate coming out of this month’s elections is 50 Republicans and 48 Democrats. That means Democrats must win both of Georgia’s runoff elections to make it a 50-50 Senate. If that occurs, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris would be the tie-breaking vote, giving her party a razor-thin majority in the chamber.
In Georgia, where state law dictates a runoff if no candidate reaches 50% of the vote, GOP Sen. David Perdue narrowly missed avoiding a runoff, winning 49.75% of the vote. Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff trails by roughly 87,000 votes.
In the other race, appointed Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler captured nearly 26% of the vote in a whopping 20-candidate special election to fill the final two years of the term of former GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson. The Democratic candidate in the runoff, Rev. Raphael Warnock, won nearly 33% of the vote in the first round.
Faux news will try anythingAnd here is how she and her friends are trying to do it.
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Raffensperger Launches Investigation Into Groups Encouraging Fraudulent Registrations
Raffensperger has launched an investigation into several groups, including America Votes, Vote Forward, and The New Georgia Project, that have repeatedly and aggressively sought to register ineligible, out-of-state, or deceased voters before the January 5 Senate runoff elections.
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Secretary Brad Raffensperger has launched an investigation into several groups, including America Votes, Vote Forward, and The New Georgia Project, that have repeatedly and aggressively sought to register ineligible, out-of-state, or deceased voters before the January 5 Senate runoff elections. For several weeks, the Secretary has issued warnings against efforts to register individuals who are ineligible to cast ballots in the January runoffs or to encourage people to come to Georgia solely to cast ballots.
“I have issued clear warnings several times to groups and individuals working to undermine the integrity of elections in Georgia through false and fraudulent registrations,” said Secretary Raffensperger. “The security of Georgia’s elections is of the utmost importance. We have received specific evidence that these groups have solicited voter registrations from ineligible individuals who have passed away or live out of state. I will investigate these claims thoroughly and take action against anyone attempting to undermine our elections.”
According to the Georgia Code, false registration, i.e. someone who registers to vote knowing that they do not possess the qualifications required by law, is a felony and can be punished by between one and ten years in prison, and/or up to a $100,000 fine (O.C.G.A § 21-2-561). Any individual or group who organizes or finances efforts to bring individuals to Georgia to register falsely as electors may also potentially be charged with felony racketeering under O.C.G.A. § 16-14-3(5)(A)(xxii), which can be punishable by between 5 and 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000 per count (O.C.G.A. § 16-14-5).
Over the past several weeks, individuals in Georgia and around the country have reported voter registration solicitations sent by The New Georgia Project to individuals living out of state and people who have passed away. One Fulton County resident reported receiving 5 postcards from The New Georgia Project soliciting a registration “for the same dead person.” A Cherokee County resident received a voter registration solicitation from The New Georgia Project for his spouse who is ineligible to vote. A third complaint said The New Georgia Project sent a voter registration solicitation to his daughter who is not registered to vote in Georgia and had not lived in a different state for five years. A fourth individual reported receiving a “package of postcards” at her home in New York City from The New Georgia Project encouraging people to register to vote in the Georgia Senate runoffs.
Another effort, Operation New Voter Registration GA, encouraged Emory students to register fraudulently to vote in the January 5 runoffs. A flier from the group told students that “Your current residence can be another state. You are simply changing your state of residence now; and it can be switched back for future elections (your option).” To register to vote in Georgia, individuals must be residents of the state with no intention to leave.
Vote Forward, a nonprofit organization, sent a letter to a long-deceased Alabama resident, encouraging her to register to vote.
America Votes, which calls itself “the coordination hub of the progressive community,” sent two absentee ballot applications in one week to an individual at an address where they had not resided since July 1994.
Georgia Investigating Groups Allegedly Registering Non-Residents to Vote
By Rachel Tillman and Associated Press Nationwide
PUBLISHED 1:38 PM ET Nov. 30, 2020
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.
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Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a press conference Monday that his office continues to investigate any credible claims of illegal voting and violations of state election law. His office currently has more than 250 open cases from this year, he said.
- 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.
- One of the groups said in a statement to the AP that that the group is working to make sure every voice is heard; two did not respond to requests for comment
- Raffensperger reiterated his confidence in the outcome of the state's election audit, which confirmed Joe Biden's victory in Georgia
He 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.
"Voting in Georgia when you are not a resident of Georgia is a felony,” Raffensperger said Monday. “And encouraging college kids to commit felonies with no regards for what it might mean for them is despicable."
“These third-party groups have a responsibility to not encourage illegal voting. If they do so, they will be held responsible,” Raffensperger added.
Raffensperger said his investigators are looking into specific allegations of improper actions by four groups.
America Votes has sent absentee ballot applications to people at addresses where they haven’t lived in more than 25 years, while Vote Forward tried to register a dead Alabama woman to vote in Georgia and the New Georgia Project sent voter registration applications to New York City, he said.
A spokesperson for America Votes said in an email to The Associated Press that the group is working to make sure every voice is heard.
“America Votes has mailed registered voters in Georgia applications to safely and securely vote by mail in the January runoffs. These mailings were sent to the list of registered voters maintained by the Secretary of State,” Sahil Mehrotra wrote.
Vote Forward and the New Georgia Project didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment Monday.
Raffensperger also said a group called Operation New Voter Registration Georgia is telling college students they can change their registration to vote in Georgia for the runoff and then change it back to another state after the election. That group doesn’t seem to have an online presence, and an email sent to an address on a flier circulating on Twitter bounced back, saying the account doesn’t exist.
The secretary of state’s office is also looking into a sworn statement from a Republican official in Gwinnett County, in Atlanta’s northeastern suburbs, that says there were more absentee ballots than absentee ballot envelopes, Raffensperger said.
“This is the kind of specific charge that our office can investigate and ascertain the truth,” he said.
Raffensperger, himself a Republican, refuted the statements made by some — including President Trump — about the efficacy of his state’s voting security. The president, as well as many of his GOP supporters, have repeatedly claimed that there is widespread voter fraud across the state, with little evidence to support their claims.
“There are those who are exploiting the emotions of many Trump supporters with fantastic claims, half-truths, misinformation, and frankly, they are misleading the president as well, apparently,” Raffensperger said, adding: “The great thing about our paper ballot system, it is auditable, it is re-countable, and it can provide the voters the confident the outcomes are correct."
"Upholding the law matters. Truth matters and your vote matters,” Raffensperger continued. “Anyone telling you to boycott an election is not on your side.”
Soon after the press conference, Trump campaign attorney Rudy Giuiliani for the fifth time filed a motion for an immediate audit of the state’s ballots, saying: “There is no way of knowing which ballots are honest & which ballots are fraudulent.”
The result of Georgia’s statewide audit of its paper ballots from the presidential election, which was completed on Nov. 19, upheld the results of the state’s election in favor of Joe Biden.
“Georgia’s historic first statewide audit reaffirmed that the state’s new secure paper ballot voting system accurately counted and reported results,” Raffensperger said in a statement at the time. “This is a credit to the hard work of our county and local elections officials who moved quickly to undertake and complete such a momentous task in a short period of time.”
Still, the president and his allies have not given up questioning the state’s election results, with Trump going so far as to slam the state’s governor during an appearance on Fox News.
President Trump said Sunday he was “ashamed” for endorsing Brian Kemp, the Republican governor of Georgia, after he lost in the state to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump added that Kemp has “done absolutely nothing” to question the state’s results.
Trump backed Kemp’s campaign in 2018, boasting that his “full endorsement” helped him edge rising Democrat Stacey Abrams.
Democrats hope for two other upset victories in twin Senate races on Jan. 5 against Republican office holders. That would deny Republicans their majority, keeping the GOP with 50 seats, while Vice President-elect Kamala Harris would be available for tie-breaking votes.
Democrat Jon Ossoff is challenging Sen. David Perdue while Rev. Raphael Warnock takes on Sen. Kelly Loeffler. No candidate won at least 50% of the vote share in this month’s election, leading to the head-to-head runoffs.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
A Georgia group set up by Stacy Abrams to search for dead voters is under investigation
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger began Inquiries Several groups, including a group founded by former Georgia Cubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams, have been accused of trying to aggressively register “ineligible, out-of-state, or dead voters” ahead of the state’s Jan. 5 Senate election.
The Rafensberger office said Wednesday Inquiries The U.S. vote includes groups including the Vote Forward and The New Georgia Project – founded by Abrams and formerly led by Democratic Senate candidate Rafael Warnock.
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Rafensberger has been issuing warnings for weeks against attempts to register people who are ineligible to vote in Georgia’s election or to encourage people to come to Georgia with the sole purpose of sending ballots.
“I have repeatedly issued clear warnings to groups and individuals who undermine the integrity of elections in Georgia through false and fraudulent records,” Rafenberger said in a statement Wednesday. “The security of Georgia’s elections is paramount.”
“His office has received specific evidence that these groups have demanded voter records from ineligible individuals who have died or lived outside the state,” Rafenberger said Wednesday.
“I will fully investigate these allegations and take action against anyone who tries to undermine our election,” he vowed.
Raffensberger said earlier this week that the U.S. vote “sends people voting applications that have not been at addresses where they have not lived since 1994.”
Voting forward, he said, “a woman who was a dead Alabama voter tried to register to vote in Georgia.” He also oversaw the New Georgia program, which “sent voter registration applications to New York City.”
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Secretary of State “Operation New Voter Registration says college students in Georgia, Georgia can change their place of residence to Georgia and change it after the election.”
The Rafensburg office also has 23 investigators working on 250 credible allegations of “credible claims for illegal voting” and election law violations.
According to the Georgia Code, a person who registers to vote knowing that they do not have the required registration, i.e. legal qualifications, is a bad person and could face up to one to 10 years in prison and / or a fine of up to $ 100,000.
On Wednesday, the Rafensberger office described a number of incidents in which the Abrams-Warnok affiliate group, The New Georgia Project, allegedly demanded voters living outside the state and deceased people. Warnock was chairman of the committee until January.
Rafensberger’s office cited a Fulton County resident who announced he had received five postcards from the New Georgia program, asking for a “for the same dead person” record, and a Cherokee resident who received a voter registration request from the New Georgia program. Vote. A fourth person said a New Georgia program sent a voter registration request to his daughter, who was not registered to vote in Georgia and had not lived in another state for five years. A “collection of postcards” at his home in New York City from The New Georgia program, which encourages people to register to vote in Georgia Senate races.
Another attempt, according to Georgia election officials, encouraged Emory students to fraudulently register to vote in the Operation New Voter Registration GA, Jan. 5 run. A plane from the group told the students, “Your current residence may be in another state. You are now changing your residence; You can change it for future elections (your choice). ”
Meanwhile, Vote Forward, a non-profit organization, sent a letter to a long-dead Alabama resident urging him to register to vote, while the United States, which calls itself the “Coordinating Center for Progressive Community,” sent two non-voting ballot applications. One week per person at the address where they do not reside since July 1994.
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The current balance of power for the next Senate coming out of this month’s election is 50 Republicans and 48 Democrats. That means Democrats must win both elections in Georgia to become the 50-50 Senate. If that happens, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will have a tie-breaking vote, which will give her party a razor-thin majority in the room.
In Georgia, state law dictates that if no candidate receives 50% of the vote, GOP Sen. David Bertue With 49.75% of the vote, he missed the run. Democrat John O’Shaughnessy is trailing by about 87,000 votes.
In the other race, the nominated Republican Sen. Kelly Lofler Former GOP Sen. Johnny Saxon received nearly 26% of the vote in the special election of 20 candidates to fill the final two years of his term. Democratic candidate Rev. in the run. Rafael Warnock received almost 33% of the vote in the first round.
Georgia secretary of state opens investigation into voter registration groups
BY JOSEPH CHOI - 11/30/20 03:14 PM EST
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) announced Monday he was opening an investigation into third-party voting groups that allegedly are encouraging people outside Georgia to register to vote in January's Senate runoff elections.
Raffensperger at a press conference named four groups he would be investigating: America Votes, Vote Forward, The New Georgia Project and Operation New Voter Registration Georgia.
“We have opened an investigation into a group called America Votes, who is sending absentee ballot applications to people at addresses where they have not lived since 1994,” said Raffensperger.
In a statement to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, America Votes said it has mailed applications to those on the list of voters maintained by Raffensperger's office.
“We’re pleased that so many Georgians have already applied to vote by mail this election and will continue our work to make sure every voice is heard in January,” said the group.
Republican incumbent Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler will face Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock in Georgia on Jan. 5. The outcome of the two races will determine which party controls the Senate.
Raffensperger accused Vote Forward of attempting to register a dead woman in Alabama as a voter in Georgia, The New Georgia Project of sending registration forms to people in New York and Operation New Voter Registration Georgia of telling college students to temporarily change their residency to Georgia.
“Voting in Georgia when you are not a resident of Georgia is a felony, and encouraging college kids to commit felonies with no regard for what [it] might mean for them is despicable. These third-party groups have a responsibility to not encourage illegal voting. If they do so, they will be held responsible,” said Raffensperger.
The state’s voting system manager, Gabriel Sterling, said he assumes the groups will claim those incidents as legitimate or accidental.
“But that’s why you investigate,” said Sterling.
According to Sterling, 940,000 Georgians have already requested absentee ballots for the runoff elections, while 1.3 million Georgians requested absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election.
The results of the presidential election in Georgia have been repeatedly attacked by President Trump and his allies.
Raffensperger, who said he voted for Trump, has stood by the results and has shot back at claims that Georgia's voting system allowed for a fraudulent result. So far, an audit of the voting machines and a hand recount have been conducted, both reaffirming President-elect Joe Biden as the winner.
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On Monday, Trump's campaign requested an audit of the signatures on the ballots for the fifth time. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has also voiced his support for a sample audit of signatures.
Trump told reporters last week he would travel to Georgia in order to support the GOP candidates in their respective elections.
If they steal the election, they'll steal the Georgia run off. Steal the Senate. That means 3 chambers.
What exactly happened to this Blue Wave that the media promised?