Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger calls for firing of Fulton County election officials
- Three separate audits of Georgia’s 2020 election results found no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
- Raffensperger, a Republican, faces primary challenger U.S. Rep Jody Hice for another term.
WASHINGTON – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday called for the firing of two county-level election officials, citing “continued failures” in handling and administering elections.
“Fulton County’s continued failures have gone on long enough with no accountability. Rick Barron and Ralph Jones, Fulton’s registration chief, must be fired and removed from Fulton’s elections leadership immediately. Fulton’s voters and the people of Georgia deserve better,” Raffensperger tweeted.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported earlier this week that 200 absentee ballots in Fulton County had been scanned twice before the recount.
Three separate audits of Georgia’s 2020 election results found no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
Fact check: No evidence of fraud in Georgia election
Raffensperger, a Republican, faces primary challenger U.S. Rep Jody Hice for another term. Hice has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, who repeatedly attacked Raffensperger after Biden won the state in 2020. Trump also on Wednesday said he would not support Sen. Butch Miller, running for lieutenant governor in the state. Though Miller backs Trump, he has not repeated Trump’s false claim that he was cheated out of 16 electoral votes.
Contributing: Associated Press