RNC Issues Statement on Joint Lawsuit With GAGOP
From a press release from the Republican National Committee:
The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party filed suit last night to ensure Georgia election law is properly followed for the January 5th runoff election. The lawsuit demands poll watchers be allowed to do their jobs permitted under Georgia law, and safeguards in the law pertaining to ballot “drop boxes” are upheld.
“While we continue to fight multiple cases of election irregularities from the general election, we also must fight to ensure they never happen again. Election laws need to be properly followed so Americans can have confidence in the results. This lawsuit seeks to force Georgia election officials to simply follow the laws on their books as they pertain to poll watchers and drop boxes. We will never stop fighting to ensure free and fair elections in our country.” – RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
“We must restore confidence in the integrity of our elections. The time for begging elections officials to do their job and obey the law is over.” – Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer
During the November 3rd general election and subsequent recount, the legal right of political party committees to appoint poll watchers to observe the process was abridged in numerous polling and tabulation locations across Georgia. This suit attempts to force Georgia election officials to properly enforce the law so this does not happen again for the January 5th runoff.
Additionally, the suit demands the state clarify rules promulgated by the Georgia State Election Board to ensure drop boxes are properly secured and surveilled. Laws pertaining to drop boxes were not properly followed during the November 3rd general election, and the suit demands that the Georgia Secretary of State promptly prepare and distribute materials and guidance instructing the continuous video surveillance of all drop box locations.
The RNC has spent tens of millions of dollars over the last two years funding legal efforts in multiple states, and we continue the fight for election integrity across the country. Democrat lawyers and rogue election officials have made an unprecedented power grab by trying to change election laws and we will continue fighting these challenges in court as long as is necessary to help ensure free and fair elections in our country.
Click here to view a copy of the full complaint.
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Lawton is a graduate of Georgia Southern University (the GSU) with a degree in Information Technology. He has held numerous positions within the Georgia Republican Party throughout the years.
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The Republicans are becoming the Federalists. It’s not a good look. I wonder if they will vote state funds for all their requests?
I dropped my absentee ballot off today at the elections office absentee box. I did not see any cameras. My county is kind of squeezed for money right now. Will the state reimburse my county for a 24 hour camera?
And this statement:
““We must restore confidence in the integrity of our elections. The time for begging elections officials to do their job and obey the law is over.” – Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer”.
I’d change it to “We must restore confidence in the integrity of our elections. The time has come for David Shafer to shut up”.
Maybe if your county hadn’t had to finance a hand recount they would have the cash for cameras, even armed guards.
“During the November 3rd general election and subsequent recount, the legal right of political party committees to appoint poll watchers to observe the process was abridged in numerous polling and tabulation locations across Georgia.’
No it wasn’t, and I would bet a substantial sum that no one can produce any evidence to the contrary. Of course, my definition of ‘evidence’ means something more than a refusal to let party watchers paw through votes or interfere with poll workers and county officials.
The laws of the land promise a fair election, not a perfect one.
Here’s a pdf of the complaint.
https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/media/documents/Complaint_1607442192.PDF
Examples of alleged infractions:
I was 10 feet away from workers.
I was 20 feet away from workers.
I couldn’t hear what the workers were saying.
I was required to stay behind the rope.
We were in a very small room.
I was unable to observe the opening of military ballots.
I couldn’t see what the employee was writing on the official ballot when transposing from the provisional ballot.
I was told all military ballots were received by email but military ballots were being opened in paper envelopes.
It was impossible to observe whether the poll workers were accurately fulfilling their duties.
Ad frivolous nauseum. I feel my money is safe.
I think if these examples were intended to prove fraud, they would be chucked out. However, in a departure from a perhaps expected position, I think this suit is doing something potentially beneficial, in that it may clarify details that have been used to cry fraud. But it will not be to support claims of fraud, but to support more standardized protocols for observers and drop boxes.
More uniform and adjudicated standards could quell any complaints later arising from lack of knowledge of details. Let the results of the suit be: Poll workers must stand behind ropes or plexiglass, but in a position no more than so many feet away, where they can observe. Give protocols variations given public health concerns. Then when SoS and every county election offices by and large follow more standardized protocols, there should be no more complaining (or at least only rare complaint).
” there should be no more complaining (or at least only rare complaint).”
Yea, right. Read about elections in the USA, it has always been chaotic.
https://www.ushistory.org/us/19.asp
Chaos does seem relative, but to manage it, I need to maintain at least a sliver of hope.
It is no longer ‘liberal v. conservative’.
It is the ‘truth vs. the deluded’.