Georgia Secretary of State Pushes Back on DOJ Lawsuit
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger pushed back against the DOJ, who filed a lawsuit against the state over new voting legislation, saying that the “truth is on their side.”
“We have some great attorneys, and we will meet them and beat them in a court of law. We have the truth on our side,” Raffensperger told Fox’s “The Brian Kilmeade Show.”
On June 25, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Georgia over the state’s new voting law. The lawsuit will challenge several of the provisions in Georgia Senate Bill 202, according to the DOJ.
“The right of all eligible citizens to vote is the central pillar of our democracy, the right from which all other rights ultimately flow,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement. “This lawsuit is the first step of many we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote, that all lawful votes are counted, and that every voter has access to accurate information.”
Georgia’s new law requires voter ID for absentee voting rather than relying on signature matching for verification. It also limits the number of ballot drop boxes to one per county or one per 100,000 voters, expands early voting days, and standardized early voting hours to a minimum of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a maximum of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The law also handed more election authority to the GOP-controlled state legislature. It states that the General Assembly is to select the chair of the state elections board, rather than the board being chaired by the Georgia secretary of state. It also shortens runoffs from nine weeks to four.
Raffensperger said that the “number one issue is there has been so much controversy over signature matches.”
“It was what was in place. And we’re not moving away from that, which is very subjective to an objective measure. Driver’s license with photo I.D. It’s what they’re using actually in Minnesota right now run by the Democrats, it’s used currently in red states and blue states. It’s nonpartisan, bipartisan. It doesn’t matter what demographic group you’re from; it works.”
Though critics slammed their election reform measure for eliminating drop boxes, Raffensperger pushed back, saying that there’s one allowed per every “100,000 people in every county and at least one per county.”
“And it’ll actually get mandated that every county needs to have drop boxes. Last year during the pandemic, 139 out of 159 counties did do drop boxes. Twenty counties chose not to do drop boxes. Now it’ll be a uniform process based on population.”
Raffensperger said that “it is offensive for the Department of Justice to claim voter ID will hurt certain demographics.” He also mentioned that polling shows both Republicans and Democrats across all racial groups support voter I.D. because the voters could easily be identified whether they vote, in-person or as an absentee.
Raffensberger also told host Kilmeade that he was on the phone with attorneys earlier in the day discussing the case.
“We are going to have a robust defense, we’re going to win on this, and that’s why we’re excited because we can settle these issues.”
Democrats are afraid to have honest elections
We must not use Dominion Voting machines
Garland must step down– the Constitution gives the States the right to run their elections-if Garland wishes to stick his nose in then go change the Constitution he is sworn to abide by first ! Now we all know why he did not make it as a Supreme Court Judge–What Constitution ?
The DOJ has no authority to make up rules. The Constitution clearly and emphatically state that each legislature decides how electors are selected (even if they completely eliminate voting for President).
The Constitution prohibits interfering with voting on the basis of sex, race, age (beyond 18) and failure to pay poll taxes or fees, but voting can be prohibited on any other basis, or may be eliminated completely. And the feds are prohibited (by the 10th Amendment) from imposing ANY rules regarding this.
What Garland states ““The right of all eligible citizens to vote is the central pillar of our democracy, the right from which all other rights ultimately flow,” is true if those rights are within the election laws of the state that has the ultimate authority to hold the elections. As long as they do not violate any federal statutes which they don’t the DOJ and A.G. are blowing smoke trying to intimidate Georgia just like they tried with AZ. Every state also has the ultimate authority to perform comprehensive audits if the state believes their election was tainted in any way. The SCOTUS has upheld that issue too.
LISTEN UP…THERE is HOPE for YOU Yet BRAD R. GOD Gives EVERYONE a CHANCE to ACCEPT HIS GIFT of SALVATION Before HE CONDEMNS THEM. GOD FORGIVES and EXPECTS PEOPLE to FOLLOW the RIGHTEOUS PATH. From SamuraiQueen. ???
I wish he had show this much back bone when the fraud was first brought to his attention BEFORE the election was approved and certified. I HOPE THE TRUTH OF THE GEORGIA LAW DOES MAKE IT HARDER TO VOTE…IT MAKES IT HARDER TO CHEAT !!!!!! Questions and charges of FRAUD were hot and heavy DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION !!!!! The experienced poll workers tried hard to get the attention of officials but they were ignored. I am glad their sacrifices to maintain election integerity are finally being acknowledged !!!!