Georgia elections chief refutes false claims in letter to Congress (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
His letter to Congress is included.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger delivered a exhaustive rebuttal of false election claims to Congress, telling the state’s skeptical representatives that the presidential vote count was investigated and found to be accurate.
His 10-page letter, sent Wednesday as Congress was debating electoral votes, countered a collection of unsubstantiated allegations about voting machines, ballot counting, signature verification and ineligible voters.
“My job is to make sure that both sides know that the results are accurate,” wrote Raffensperger, a Republican. “We do not have to like the results of an election to accept them.” (cont)
From the Georgia legislature perceptive, Sen Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga, withdrew her objection to the certification of Georgia's electoral votes, saying:
“The events that transpired have forced me to reconsider, and I cannot now in good conscience object to the certification of these electors,” Loeffler said in a speech on the Senate floor. “The violence, the lawlessness and siege of the halls of Congress are abhorrent and stand as a direct attack on what my objection was intended to protect, the sanctity of the American democratic process.”
Loeffler’s withdrawal on Wednesday night killed a final effort to ditch the votes of nearly 5 million Georgia voters made by U.S. Reps. Jody Hice, R-Greensboro; Rick Allen, R-Augusta; Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome; Andrew Clyde, R-Jackson, and Buddy Carter, R-Pooler. An objection to certification must be made by one Representative and one Senator. The other Georgia Senator's term ended in November. (David Perdue).
Taylor Greene is a QAnon advocate.
Trump reportedly has now said that he was happy Loeffler and Perdue lost. He said they didn't defend him enough. Georgia's Governor and heads of both branches of their state legislature strongly condemned the mob's attack on the Capitol, police and the violence. Raffensberger, their Sec of State, was led off the grounds of their Capitol under an escort of state troopers for his own safety due to about 100 protesters gathered at the state Capitol on Wednesday to protest President Trump’s election loss. Some were armed with long guns. The AJC's Chris Joyner reported that the group included about two dozen members of the far-right militia movement and some other notable figures, including former Ku Klux Klan leader Chester Doles.
