With U.S. Senate Runoffs Near, Georgia’s Not Prosecuting Its Unprecedented Number of Double Voters

More than 1,700 Georgians were singled out for illegally casting two ballots in 2020 elections - including last month's presidential race - but their fraudulent votes weren't canceled out, according to state election officials.

The majority of double voters were Democrats who cast an absentee ballot either by mail or drop box and also voted in person on Election Day, officials said, which is a felony under state law.

Raffensperger's Promise The lack of action undercuts Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's promise last month "To prosecute those who try to undermine our elections to the fullest extent of the law." Raffensperger faced a backlash from leftist voting-rights groups, led by Democratic activist Stacey Abrams' well-funded Fair Fight Action, over his warnings about fraud following the June primary, when more than 150,000 voters tried to vote twice but reportedly were unsuccessful.

Absentee voting has already begun in the Senate races, which pit GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler against Democratic hopeful Raphael Warnock and Republican Sen. David Perdue against Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff.

In a guide for Georgia poll workers, the ACLU came close to encouraging double-voting: "Voters can cast a regular in-person ballot even if they requested an absentee ballot." The chapter also facilitated absentee voting by listing the locations of all the drop boxes in the state, including some 36 drop boxes installed in Fulton County.

If such a voter shows up at the polls after requesting an absentee ballot, poll workers must cancel the ballot electronically and have the voter sign an affidavit swearing he or she will not send it in.

In hundreds of cases in Georgia poll workers issued voter access cards to people who had already voted absentee, ignoring status messages that appeared on their electronic Poll Pads indicating that they had applied for an absentee ballot.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/18/with-u-s-senate-runoffs-near-georgias-not-prosecuting-its-unprecedented-number-of-double-voters/