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Headline Roundup November 17th, 2020

Perspectives: Battle Over Georgia Absentee Ballots

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is claiming that fellow Republicans, including Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), are pressuring him to exclude legal absentee ballots. Senator Graham is calling the allegation ridiculous, claiming that his conversation with Raffensperger was concerning non-matching signatures and how to ensure the integrity of mail-in voting.

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GA Secretary of State Claims Republicans Are Pushing Him to Exclude Legal Ballots. Lindsey Graham Responds.
GA Secretary of State Claims Republicans Are Pushing Him to Exclude Legal Ballots. Lindsey Graham Responds.

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In an interview with The Washington Post, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger claimed Sen. Lindsey Graham, and other Republicans, suggested he find ways to exclude legally cast ballots, which the South Carolina senator denies.

Raffensperger, a Republican, told the Post he was under pressure from within his own party during the recount to bring about a more favorable outcome for President Trump in the state, which Joe Biden narrowly won with roughly 14,000 votes.

In their conversation, Graham questioned Raffensperger about the state’s signature-matching law and whether political bias...

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Ga. secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude ballots
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that he has come under increasing pressure in recent days from fellow Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), who he said questioned the validity of legally cast absentee ballots, in an effort to reverse President Trump’s narrow loss in the state.

In a wide-ranging interview about the election, Raffensperger expressed exasperation over a string of baseless allegations coming from Trump and his allies about the integrity of the Georgia results, including claims that Dominion Voting Systems, the Colorado-based manufacturer of Georgia’s...

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Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger fires back against Trump’s false claims about election
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After a barrage of unfounded claims from President Donald Trump questioning various aspects of Georgia’s voting system, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger fired back.

In a series of Facebook posts from the Secretary of State page, Raffensperger, a Republican, addressed claims about the makers of the state’s election system, Dominion, as well as claims made by the president about Georgia’s recount and absentee ballots system.

Raffensperger has faced a string of attacks. Last week he was under fire from his own party. Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue...

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