Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) said Sunday that claims from Republicans about voting integrity would have a “really negative impact” on the party's turnout.
Raffensperger was already against it. request from Fellow Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, in an interview with Chris Stilwald on NewsNation's “The Hill Sunday,” said that “voters' printed ballots” in northern Georgia were “machine-transferred.” “The selection has changed since then.”
“Some people, including people in your party, don't want to buy into it, but they're pushing this kind of narrative,” Stirewald said.
“What do you say to these people who are trumpeting this on the eve of an election?” Stillewoldt asked Raffensperger.
“Well, after all, if you start, [spreading] … In that kind of story, what you're going to do … is going to seriously hurt turnout on our side,” Raffensperger said. “And I'm a conservative Republican, so I don't understand why they would do something like that…It's self-defeating.”
As the election inches closer, former President Trump's denial of the 2020 election results is back in the headlines. It's worth noting that President Trump called Raffensperger after the election and asked him to find more than 11,000 votes that could overturn President Biden's victory in the Peach State.
“When we get this high rating from the Heritage Foundation, it means we're getting the highest ranking possible. It means we're doing something right,” Raffensperger said in an interview Sunday. he said.
Mr. Trump currently leads Vice President Harris in the race for the White House in Georgia with a 1.6 percentage point lead, according to an average of The Hill/Decision Desk Headquarters polls.
Hill contacted Greene's office, the Republican National Committee and Dominion Voting Systems.
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