On Tuesday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, said that 1,000 people voted twice in the state’s June 9 primary, which is classified as a felony, and he said they will likely be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
We reported two weeks ago that back in the June primary Long county discovered some people voted by mail and then voted in person. Now the whole state has been analyzed and it’s much worse than anyone thought.
These particular voters requested and sent in absentee ballots, then went and voted in person, a problem that repeated itself across one hundred Georgia counties, and election officials didn’t catch them in time to keep the second votes from being counted, Raffensperger said during a press conference outside the state Capitol.
“A double voter knows exactly what they’re doing, diluting the votes of each and every voter that follows the law,” Raffensperger said. “Those that make the choice to game the system are breaking the law. And as secretary of state, I will not tolerate it.”
It was not instantly clear whether or not the outcome of any races could have been affected, but the possibility that some were is real.
Raffensperger said investigators will hand their findings over to the state attorney general and local district attorneys for potential prosecution. Double voting is a felony and it is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $100,000…
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