[新聞] 外電-喬治亞州州務卿聲稱林賽·葛瑞及其
1.媒體來源:
THE HILL
2.記者署名:
JOSEPH CHOI
3.完整新聞標題:
Georgia secretary of state says Graham, other Republicans have pressured him
to toss legal ballots
4.完整新聞內文:
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that Republican
leaders such as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have been putting pressure on
him to exclude legal ballots in order for President Trump to be declared the
winner and earn the state's 16 electoral votes.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Raffensperger said Graham asked him
on Friday if he had the authority to toss out ballots in counties with high
rates of nonmatching signatures. Graham also questioned if poll workers had
accepted ballots with nonmatching signatures due to political bias, according
to Raffensperger.
Graham denied he pressured Raffensperger to find ways to toss out legal
votes, saying that he was trying to figure out how votes were verified and
that he thought Georgia "has some protections that maybe other states don't
have."
"What I'm trying to find out was how do you verify signatures for mail-in
ballots in these states," Graham told reporters on Monday. "I thought it was
a good conversation. I'm surprised to hear him characterize it that way."
Raffensperger said he and his wife have received death threats recently,
including one that read, “You better not botch this recount. Your life
depends on it,” he told the Post.
Raffensperger said efforts to cast aside legal ballots frustrated him.
“Other than getting you angry, it’s also very disillusioning, particularly
when it comes from people on my side of the aisle,” he told the Post. “
Everyone that is working on this needs to elevate their speech. We need to be
thoughtful and careful about what we say.”
Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) has also been critical of Raffensperger, accusing
him of siding with Democrats because he has not backed voter fraud claims
more fervently.
In response to Collins's accusations, Raffensperger said, "I’m an engineer.
We look at numbers. We look at hard data. I can’t help it that a failed
candidate like Doug Collins is running around lying to everyone. He’s a
liar."
Collins did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
Collins lost a special election race against Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R). Collins
has not contested his own election results, in which he conceded to Loeffler
on election night.
Raffensperger said any claims of voter fraud would be investigated but that
there was not enough evidence that widespread fraud had occurred, leaving the
state's outcome of the presidential election, in which President-elect Joe
Biden was projected the winner, unchanged.
Georgia is currently conducting a hand recount of votes, which Raffensperger
ordered as part of the state's risk-limiting audit process. It is expected to
be completed by Nov. 20, the deadline for certifying election results.
5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
https://reurl.cc/q8qDvR
6.備註:
喬治亞州州務卿布拉德·拉芬斯伯格(共和黨)聲稱同黨參議員林賽·葛瑞姆及其他共和黨
人要求剔除合法選票使川普獲得該州16張選舉人票。
他表示上周五林賽·葛瑞姆在電話中詢問，他是否有權決定在郵寄投票簽名不符率較高的
郡中排除部分選票。同時林賽·葛瑞姆也質疑是否有選務人員基於政治傾向而採計簽名不
符的選票。
林賽·葛瑞姆則否認施壓州務卿設法排除某些選票，而只是想了解該州認證郵寄選票的方
式，也很驚訝他們的對話被州務卿如此批評。
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