Page 27 - Ryan Germany News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Georgia Secretary of State Voices Support for GOP Push to End No-Excuse Absentee Voting On 12/23/20 at 5:01 PM EST Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday that he supports Republican efforts to overturn a 15-year state law allowing no-excuse absentee voting. During an over three-hour virtual hearing on election security before the Georgia state House Governmental Affairs Committee, Raffensperger claimed that no-excuse absentee voting "makes no sense" while paired with current voting practices in the state. "This cycle has shown, we need to move to an excuse-based system f...

Georgia election officials blindsided by Meadows visit and push back on Trump's claims of fraud Barnini Chakraborty © Provided by Washington Examiner Georgia election officials on Wednesday said they were blindsided by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows's surprise visit a day earlier to Cobb County, where an audit of mail-in ballots was taking place. Meadows purportedly gave election officials a five-minute warning that he would be showing up to the audit site with Secret Service in tow. Meadows arrived at the Cobb County Civic Center, where investigators from the Geo...

Fleischer, Charlie Hurt and former RNC chairman Reince Priebus join 'Hannity' to discuss Jan. 5 elections Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger joined fellow Republicans Wednesday in calling for an end to allowing all voters in the state to submit absentee ballots without providing justification for why they cannot vote in person. Many states instituted "no-excuse" absentee voting in 2020 so that voters could avoid crowds at polling sites during the coronavirus pandemic, although Georgia has had it for 15 years. After the high voter turnout and tumultuous aftermath of the 2020 electio...