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

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

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

Without naming Harris, the Republican authorities authoritative took purpose astatine her comments during a run code in Michigan earlier this week.

"Frustratingly, recently, a campaigner repeated that prevarication that we volition fastener up radical that springiness h2o to voters waiting successful enactment to vote," Raffensperger said. "That's a lie, due to the fact that 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 instrumentality that makes it amerciable to springiness radical nutrient and h2o for lasting successful enactment to vote?"

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

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the Harris run for a effect to Raffensperger.

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

"Sounds similar Kamala Harris conscionable can’t grip the 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 the Vice President got successful the 2024 primaries."

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

Georgia officials moved to instrumentality respective caller voting laws aft the 2020 contention enactment the Peach State nether a microscope.

Among them was limiting the fig 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 enactment connected Election Day wrong a definite region from their polling place.

Georgia besides installed caller ID requirements for absentee ballots.

Democratic organizations and civilian rights groups accused Republican officials of restricting elector entree with the measures.

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But Raffensperger and different Republicans person pushed backmost connected those attacks, peculiarly successful the aftermath of record-setting elector turnout successful Georgia since early voting got 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, due to the fact that some teams were bully sportsmen, they lined up, and they did that passing of shaking each other's manus and said, ‘Congratulations, bully game,’" helium said.

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

He vowed, "I volition clasp some parties accountable to you, the voters of Georgia."

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