Mail-in-ballots are not a problem, right?
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Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday that 1,000 Georgians voted twice in the state’s June 9 primary, a felony that he said will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
These voters returned absentee ballots and then also showed up to vote on election day June 9, Raffensperger said. County election officials are able to stop double-voting most of the time, but they weren’t able to catch everyone.
“A double voter knows exactly what they’re doing, diluting the votes of each and every voter that follows the law,” Raffensperger said during a press conference at the state Capitol. “Those that make the choice to game the system are breaking the law. And as secretary of state, I will not tolerate it.”
In all, about 150,000 people who requested absentee ballots showed up at polling places on election day, often because they never received their absentee ballots in the mail or decided to instead vote in person.
Of those, 1,000 voters had returned their absentee ballots to county election offices, and poll workers also allowed them to vote in-person.
Double-voting didn’t change the outcome of any races in the primary, Raffensperger said.
Absentee voting fraud has been rare in recent years in Georgia, according to a review of State Election Board records by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
But Raffensperger said the sharp increase in absentee voting, from about 5% in past elections to nearly 50% of votes in the primary, increased the opportunity for double-voting.
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So everybody wins! No matter who wins the election, the other side will feel justified in saying they cheated. That’s nice.
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Somewhere, I read that the margin of "win" has to be 5% for it to not be contested.
And you thought 2020 was a shitshow...
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From the same article:
Voters are allowed to cancel their absentee ballots and then vote at polling places as long as their ballot hasn’t yet been received by election officials. It’s unclear whether the voters under investigation attempted to do so.
Also from the same article:
The process of checking and canceling absentee ballots for voters who came to polling places on election day sometimes broke down.
Voting records weren’t always updated, or poll workers weren’t able to get through clogged phone lines to confirm that an absentee ballot had been returned.
“During the primary election, we could not reach anyone for hours on election day. We had no choice but to have the voter sign an affidavit and let them vote,” said Todd Faircloth, a Fulton County poll worker.
County election officials stopped people from voting twice when election records showed absentee ballots had already been received.
Also worth noting that the voting system is designed to catch such instances of fraud and in fact did so.
So yeah, George, it doesn't seem to be a problem, in this case anyway.
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@jon-nyc said in Mail-in-ballots are not a problem, right?:
Still probably a bad idea for Trump to encourage double voting in NC. Wouldn’t you think?
What is the option?
If you think the other guys are stealing votes you better have a few extras in your pocket.
Neither side can ease up on this.
Steal every vote you can and let the courts sort it out.
PS I understand that isn't very nice
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The only way to have a safe and fair election is to wait until there is an effective and proven vaccine...
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The only way to have a safe and fair election is to wait until there is an effective and proven vaccine...
@LuFins-Dad said in Mail-in-ballots are not a problem, right?:
The only way to have a safe and fair election is to wait until there is an effective and proven vaccine...
You just might see Trump declare that there is indeed an effective and proven vaccine before Election Day.
