Topline Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) find a way to throw out legal mail-in ballots, the election official told the Washington Post Monday, a wild request as Raffensperger endures attacks from his own party following President Donald Trump’s loss to President-elect Joe Biden in Georgia. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on November 10, 2020 … [+] on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Getty Images Key Facts Graham — a Trump ally who has repeated some of the president’s evidence-free conspiracy theories about voter fraud — asked Raffensperger on Friday if he is legally allowed to discard all mail-in ballots in parts of the state where election officials grappled with unusually high rates of signature verification problems, Raffensperger told the Post. Raffensperger told the paper he was surprised by Graham’s idea, which is legally dubious and would almost certainly result in throwing away thousands of legal ballots. Like many states, Georgia verifies all mail-in ballots by comparing the signatures on ballot envelopes to the signatures that appear in voters’ files, and election officials give voters an opportunity to prove their identity if their signature is in doubt, a process Trump has baselessly claimed is prone… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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Report: Lindsey Graham Suggested Tossing Out Legal Mail-In Ballots In Georgia, Secretary Of State Says
