Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) reassured the state’s voters that the upcoming election is safe and that voters’ ballots can be counted.
Raffensperger mentioned that irrespective of which presidential candidate triumphs within the 2024 White Home election, “every voter in our state should know that the results will be valid because the election is secure.”
“Election security begins with highly accurate voter registration lists — and to even get on that list Georgia verifies the U.S. citizenship of everyone attempting to register to vote,” Raffensperger wrote in an op-ed printed Thursday in The Atlanta Journal-Structure.
“Noncitizens can’t vote in Georgia,” he continued, including that the state cross-checks purposes with a database administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Companies. “Registering to vote or even attempting to register to vote as a noncitizen is a felony under both federal and state law and carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.”
He wrote that voter roll upkeep is completed “daily” and emphasised that voters are required to indicate government-issued identification and signal an oath.
Raffensperger mentioned within the op-ed that ballots are printed on “a particular paper with security measures constructed into the fibers of the poll.”
“Election employees in Georgia can use a handheld scanner to detect the presence of security measures woven into the fibers of the poll itself to detect any counterfeit ballots,” he mentioned, including that this 12 months’s ballots have a “unique watermark to visually identify any attempt to create a phony ballot.”
Earlier this month, the Republican election official shut down claims of voter fraud because the state noticed a historic early-voting turnout. Days later, he additionally warned Republicans that vote integrity claims will “really hurt” the turnout of the GOP.
Raffensperger concluded the op-ed by backing election employees within the state, saying they’re “hardworking public servants who do their absolute best under intense public scrutiny and on tight deadlines.”
“They are people who live and work and worship in the very communities you live in,” he added. “They have their eyes on the process, and, if something out of the ordinary happens, they notice.”
