Brad Raffensperger
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger revealed that 1,000 residents voted twice in the state’s June primary, with both absentee ballots and in-person voting. Georgia law classifies double-voting as a felony, punishable by a $100,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.
Around 150,000 voters requested absentee ballots but also voted in-person during Georgia’s primary, because a substantial number of voters did not receive their ballot in the mail.
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Raffensperger said that local election officials were able to catch most cases of double-voting. He said that while no electoral outcomes were changed by the fraud, the Georgians involved in the illegal practice will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, by local prosecutors and Georgia’s attorney general.