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Top Georgia Official Calls on McCarthy to Oppose ‘Federal Takeover of Elections’

February 28, 2023
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has called on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to oppose a federal takeover of elections and support election law reforms. In a letter on Monday, Raffensperger called on the GOP’s congressional leadership to “remain steadfast” in opposing the Democrats’ 700-page voting reform bill, known as the “For the People Act,”…

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Raffensperger Defends His Record at Georgia Secretary of State Debate

October 18, 2022
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Incumbent Brad Raffensperger defended his embattled tenure as Secretary of State managing Georgia’s contentious elections, as his Democratic challenger Bee Nguyen attacked his efforts on Tuesday in their only scheduled debate. They were joined by Libertarian Ted Metz at the event sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club at the Georgia Public Broadcasting studios. Raffensperger was…

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Election Integrity a Key Issue in Secretary of State Races

October 11, 2022
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At a rally with former President Donald Trump last weekend, Nevada Republican Secretary of State nominee Jim Marchant encouraged an enthusiastic MAGA crowd to cast their vote for him on Nov. 8 and added his belief about the 2020 election. “We have something in common,” said Marchant, a businessman and former Nevada State Assembly member….

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Vernon Jones Weighs Running for Georgia Secretary of State

December 28, 2020
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Rep. Vernon Jones (D-Ga.) indicated recently that he might run for the position of Georgia’s Secretary of State in 2022. “A lot of people have been urging me to run for Georgia’s Secretary of State,” Jones wrote on Twitter on Dec. 23. “The people of Georgia deserve to have faith in the integrity of our…

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Georgia Lawmaker Jones Weighs Run to Be State’s Secretary of State

December 28, 2020
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Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones, a Democrat who is a supporter of President Donald Trump, indicated recently that he may be open to running for election in 2022 to be the state’s secretary of state. “A lot of people have been urging me to run for Georgia’s Secretary of State,” Jones wrote on Twitter on…

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Raffensperger: Georgia Officials ‘Overwhelmed’ Running Three Parallel Elections

December 23, 2020
2020 ElectionBattleground StatesBrad RaffensbergerGeorgiaPoliticsUS
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office said election officials in the state are “overwhelmed” by three “parallel elections.” “Asking county elections officials to hold no-excuse absentee ballot voting in addition to three weeks of early, in-person voting, and election day voting is too much to manage,” said Raffensperger in a news release on Wednesday….

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Raffensperger: Georgia Officials Overwhelmed by ‘3 Parallel Elections’

December 23, 2020
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office said election officials in the state are “overwhelmed” by “three parallel elections.” “Asking county elections officials to hold no-excuse absentee ballot voting, in addition to three weeks of early, in-person voting, and Election Day voting is too much to manage,” Raffensperger said in a statement on Dec. 23….

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