Georgia Secretary of State Criticizes Bid to Change Election Procedures

He says new rules will ’make it likely that Georgians will not know the results’ on election night.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks at a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 11, 2022. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has defended the state’s election laws while condemning an effort to change procedures before voters take to the polls in November.

In an Aug. 15 statement, the state’s top elections official touted the various reforms Georgia—a battleground state—has implemented in a bid to “foster voter confidence in elections.”