Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger shot down President Trump’s suggestion Tuesday {that a} voting machine snafu in a conservative county
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger shot down President Trump’s suggestion Tuesday {that a} voting machine snafu in a conservative county close to Augusta had compromised Republican votes within the Senate runoff elections.
“Studies are popping out of the 12th Congressional District of Georgia that Dominion Machines usually are not working in sure Republican Strongholds for over an hour,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, citing a report of glitches first reported by Consultant Rick Allen, a Republican who represents the polling locations in query.
“Ballots are being left in lock bins, hopefully they rely them,” added Mr. Trump.
Mr. Raffensperger shot again in his noon standing report, saying that “a small quantity” of keys used to begin voting machines had not been programmed correctly and “just a few” playing cards utilized by ballot staff to activate touch-screen machines additionally had programming points.
All the points “have been resolved by 10 a.m.,” he wrote. “At no level did voting cease as voters continued casting ballots on emergency ballots, in accordance with the procedures set out by Georgia legislation.”