SOS Leads Investigation to Combat Illegal Voting

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is coordinating a government effort to combat illegal voting in Georgia.

The Office of the Secretary of State has already launched over 250 investigations into credible election concerns this year and begun a signature audit in Cobb County.

Raffensperger says quote, “I am committed to marshalling all resources available to ensure qualified Georgians and —only Georgians— cast ballots in Georgia.”

The Secretary of State’s Office is coordinating across several levels of the Georgia government to stop and root out illegal voting in Georgia.

The Secretary of State’s Office has already dedicated its team of POST-certified investigators to look into the over 250 election cases related to elections in 2020, around 130 of which related specifically to the November elections.

The office’s 23 investigators have all been tasked with investigating and completing these investigations. To help manage the caseload, Secretary Raffensperger asked Governor Brian Kemp to allow the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to assist.

GBI will assist in investigating specific cases identified by the Office of the Secretary of State. A core team of 8 agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations will be on hand to help clear the more than 250 cases still on file.

To further increase confidence in the outcome of the election, Secretary Raffensperger has announced an audit of the signature match in Cobb County, following credible allegations that it was not conducted properly ahead of the June primaries.

The GBI has dedicated thirty agents, three intel analysts, one case agent, two supervisors, and one command staff to assist with the Cobb County signature audit as well.

The audit will consist of analyzing a statistically significant sample of absentee ballot envelope signatures and comparing those signatures to the signatures that Cobb County has on file.

Additionally, the Secretary of State’s Office has partnered with the University of Georgia to conduct a signature match review, a comprehensive look at signature match policies and procedures across Georgia’s 159 counties.

The statewide signature match review will include a randomized signature match study of election materials handled at the county level in the November 3 Presidential contest.