'That's a lie': Georgia's top elections official blasts Harris for attacking state voter law

Georgia’s apical elections charismatic is accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of lying astir nan state’s elector information laws.

"We person worked tirelessly to hole for this predetermination by adding early voting days and investing successful infrastructure, creating much information and much elector convenience…only to beryllium rewarded pinch nan lies astir ‘Jim Crow 2.0,’" Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a property convention connected Wednesday.

Without naming Harris, nan Republican authorities charismatic took purpose astatine her comments during a run reside in Michigan earlier this week.

"Frustratingly, recently, a campaigner repeated that dishonesty that we will fastener up group that springiness h2o to voters waiting successful statement to vote," Raffensperger said. "That's a lie, because we don't person immoderate lines successful Georgia. It's conscionable inexpensive politics."

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger pushed backmost connected Vice President Kamala Harris and different Democrats' disapproval of authorities elector laws. (Getty Images)

Harris said successful Ann Arbor connected Monday night, "I was conscionable successful Georgia. You cognize they passed a rule that makes it forbidden to springiness group nutrient and h2o for opinionated successful statement to vote?"

"The hypocrisy abounds. Whatever happened to ‘love thy neighbor,’ right?" she added arsenic nan supportive crowd jeered.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Harris run for a consequence to Raffensperger.

The remark besides sewage pushback from Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who mocked Harris’ short-lived 2020 statesmanlike bid.

"Sounds for illustration Kamala Harris conscionable can’t grip nan truth," Kemp wrote connected X connected Tuesday. "We made it easier to ballot and harder to cheat successful Georgia. As a result, much than 3 cardinal Georgians person already voted — that’s 3 cardinal much votes than nan Vice President sewage successful nan 2024 primaries."

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp besides criticized Harris' comments. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Georgia officials moved to instrumentality respective caller voting laws aft nan 2020 title put nan Peach State nether a microscope.

Among them was limiting nan number of ballot driblet boxes – which were not utilized successful Georgia earlier 2020 – and restricting governmental groups from giving nutrient and h2o to voters waiting successful statement connected Election Day wrong a definite region from their polling place.

Georgia besides installed caller ID requirements for absentee ballots.

Democratic organizations and civilian authorities groups accused Republican officials of restricting elector entree pinch nan measures.

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But Raffensperger and different Republicans person pushed backmost connected those attacks, peculiarly successful nan aftermath of record-setting elector turnout successful Georgia since early voting sewage underway connected Oct. 15.

As of Wednesday afternoon, much than 45% of progressive Georgia voters person formed pre-Election Day ballots.

Meanwhile, Raffensperger cautioned some candidates to judge a nonaccomplishment "gracefully," comparing it to his grandson losing his caller shot playoff game. 

More than 45% of progressive voters successful Georgia person formed ballots early. (Megan Varner/ Washington Post)

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"As soon arsenic they came up short, and they lost, I cognize that they were disappointed. But what they did, because some teams were bully sportsmen, they lined up, and they did that passing of shaking each other's manus and said, ‘Congratulations, bully game,’" he said.

"As a grandparent, I'm proud to spot that. But conscionable arsenic an American, I deliberation that's wonderful, because I deliberation that's what America is – is gracefully accepting your wins, but besides gracefully accepting your losses."

He vowed, "I will clasp some parties accountable to you, nan voters of Georgia."

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