The Georgia secretary of state reported 4,004,588 ballots were returned because the early vote casting duration ended on Nov. 1.
The Georgia secretary of state’s place of work recorded greater than 4 million votes forged all the way through the state’s early vote casting duration, which concluded on Nov. 1.
In all, the place of work logged 4,004,588 ballots forged, together with 3,761,968 in-person votes and 242,620 mail-in absentee ballots.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger mentioned the early vote duration on this election cycle has been the “maximum a success” in Georgia’s historical past.
“4 years of development introduced us right here. We’re battle-tested and in a position, without reference to what the critics say. And we’re going to carry those that intrude in our elections responsible,” Raffensperger mentioned.
Georgia used to be a hotly contested battleground state within the 2020 election cycle. President Donald Trump, operating for reelection, led Georgia’s vote totals on election evening, however the vote tallies flipped in choose of candidate Joe Biden within the days that adopted.
Georgia election officers carried out a hand-recount of the 2020 election effects, and licensed Biden because the winner. Trump persevered to problem the election ends up in the weeks that adopted.
Raffensperger’s place of work mentioned it’s intently tracking for indicators of interference in Georgia’s election procedure this cycle. The place of work mentioned it has recognized 4 people who could have violated state rules by way of making an attempt to forged more than one ballots.
In an Oct. 31 press commentary, Raffensperger mentioned his place of work additionally investigated a video purporting to turn a Haitian nationwide claiming to have voted more than one instances the usage of more than one Georgia ID playing cards. Raffensperger mentioned he had made up our minds the video to be false and “an instance of focused disinformation we’ve noticed on this and different elections” and most likely a “overseas interference” effort. He mentioned he notified the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company in regards to the video and has requested homeowners of more than a few social media platforms to take away the video.
“As American citizens we will’t let our enemies use lies to divide us and undermine our religion in our establishments—or each and every different,” Raffensperger mentioned.