The New York Times In Georgia, Officials Are Investigating Hundreds of Cases of Double Voting Stephanie Saul 4 hrs ago

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...Jkk?li=BBnb7Kz


In Georgia, Officials Are Investigating Hundreds of Cases of Double Voting


A week after President Trump suggested that voters in North Carolina should cast two ballots — one by mail and another at the polls — the authorities in Georgia are threatening criminal action against 1,000 Georgia voters who did just that.
© Audra Melton for The New York Times Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, held a news conference Tuesday to announce that investigations were underway in 100 of the state’s 159 counties. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, announced at a news conference on Tuesday that investigations were underway in 100 of the state’s 159 counties after the discovery of 1,000 instances of double voting in the state’s June primary and August runoff elections.

“We will prosecute,” said Mr. Raffensperger, a Republican, noting that double voting in Georgia, considered a serious felony, carries a penalty of one to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000. While calling attention to the double votes could add fuel to Mr. Trump’s unfounded claim that mail voting opens the door to fraud, Mr. Raffensperger noted that double voting hadn’t changed the outcome of any races.
The scenario Mr. Raffensperger described appeared to be identical to the one suggested by Mr. Trump last Wednesday, when he told reporters in Wilmington, N.C., that voters should test the integrity of the state’s election system by voting by mail and then subsequently appearing at the polls in person.
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Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the nation’s voting system by suggesting it is insecure and riddled with fraud — contentions that experts reject — endorsed Mr. Raffensperger in the 2018 election for Georgia secretary of state.
There is little evidence supporting the president’s contention that mail-in voting is prone to voter fraud — in fact, a number of studies have concluded that in the United States, all types of voter fraud are rare.
Elections officials nationwide have said that Mr. Trump’s suggestion to check the integrity of the system by voting twice created confusion among voters in an already stressful election year. It was the most recent of many statements he has made suggesting that the integrity of the country’s elections is threatened by voter fraud, accelerated by mail voting during the pandemic.
It was not clear how many of the 1,000 instances of double voting under investigation in Georgia involved intentional efforts to vote twice, or whether those cases involved people who, unsure of whether their absentee ballot had been counted, voted again.
Mr. Raffensperger said that was part of the ongoing investigation, but added that proving “intentionality” is not required under the state law.
“At the end of the day, the voter was responsible and the voters know what they were doing,” Mr. Raffensperger said. “A double voter knows exactly what they were doing, diluting the votes of each and every voter that follows the law.”
Mr. Raffensperger said he knew of one voter, in rural Long County, Ga., who had been “bragging” about having voted twice. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution had reported multiple irregularities there.
Elections officials in Georgia and elsewhere say there are systems in place to prevent a second vote, with votes immediately recorded in poll books and voters flagged if they have already cast a ballot.
Mr. Raffensperger said that, despite safeguards, 1,000 voters slipped through the cracks in an election that was plagued by a shortage of poll workers, long lines and problems with adjusting to new machines.
Mr. Raffensperger insisted Tuesday that the “system worked.” He did not explain exactly how the double voters managed to slip through but blamed “the human element” and said he would work to improve training of poll workers.
Mr. Raffensperger is also fighting efforts by public interest organizations to extend the deadline for delivery of mail ballots to county elections officials, saying an extension would make it impossible to certify the election by the Nov. 20 deadline.


The NYCrimes did not specify the party for which duplicate ballots were filed.

which means - the majority - or all - were DPST duplicate ballots to enhance the DPST vote.

NYCrimes would trumpet republican illegal ballots all over their front page as a 'trump and RNC conspiracy' - no question.

Not seeing that - which means the NYCrimes does not want to piss off its masters - the DNC and DPST and American communist Party.

[Grace Preston]

The NYCrimes did not specify-- because Georgia has not released that information. However-- if they were as shady as you'd like to portray-- they wouldn't have ran the story at all.

[The_Waco_Kid]

Originally Posted by Grace Preston

The NYCrimes did not specify-- because Georgia has not released that information. However-- if they were as shady as you'd like to portray-- they wouldn't have ran the story at all.

oh yes they would. to push the narrative there isn't wide spread voter fraud.


"Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the nation’s voting system by suggesting it is insecure and riddled with fraud — contentions that experts reject — endorsed Mr. Raffensperger in the 2018 election for Georgia secretary of state.


There is little evidence supporting the president’s contention that mail-in voting is prone to voter fraud — in fact, a number of studies have concluded that in the United States, all types of voter fraud are rare."


to some degree they are right. however when has the nation as a whole had mass mail-in voting? never. 4 states as i recall do have large scale mail-in voting. however that is based on verification already established in those states.


now how is that going to be done in the majority states that don't do mail-in voting other than absentee voting which has been in place for decades. you have to request an absentee ballot.


recall that thread recently about a democratic operative claiming that ballot box stuffing happens all the time at all levels?


the Democrats want to mail out millions of ballots across all states based on voter addresses that are often inaccurate. again this has been posted here where a couple who moved away from Washington and got a ballot, in Texas i think where they moved to. they can't use that ballot because they aren't Washington residents anymore. but what if they did? and then voted again in Texas in person? how is that going to checked?

[Grace Preston]

Here in Ohio-- we are starting to get mailers telling us to request our ballots. We still have to request them here in Ohio. I can't speak for the other 49, just my own state at this point.



Combine that with the fact that every year I'm asked to prove that I still live here, in a home where my name is on the Deed, and I'd like to think that at least here-- they're doing it right.

[Strokey_McDingDong]

beebsy

[Munchmasterman]

How dare you question made up information biased to support a delusional point of view.
If you continue to shoot down his stupid characterizations, who will okay and approve of posts made by other approval seekers?
Or am I completely wrong that his approval matters at all and is just an attempt "at keeping him from falling off life's little edge? Cause he's a loser"?

Originally Posted by Grace Preston

The NYCrimes did not specify-- because Georgia has not released that information. However-- if they were as shady as you'd like to portray-- they wouldn't have ran the story at all.

[oeb11]

Blue meanie is on ignore!

[HoeHummer]

So why are yous broadcasting it, Ramboebsy?

[Hates Peach]

Fake news

[rexdutchman]

Selective memory ,,, mail in voting what could go wrong