Secretary Raffensperger Responds to Senator Casey’s Election Denialism

Atlanta – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger spoke on Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and the refusal to concede to Senator-elect Dave McCormick, stating:

“Election denialism needs to end, now,” said Brad Raffensperger. “We are a country of laws and principles, not of men and personalities. Do your job! Follow the law. Accept election results or lose your country.” 

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Georgia is recognized as a national leader in elections. It was the first state in the country to implement the trifecta of automatic voter registration, at least 17 days of early voting (which has been called the “gold standard”), and no-excuse absentee voting. Georgia continues to set records for voter turnout and election participation, seeing the largest increase in average turnout of any other state in the 2018 midterm election and record turnout in 2020, and 2022. 2022 achieved the largest single day of in-person early voting turnout in Georgia midterm history utilizing Georgia’s secure, paper ballot voting system. Most recently, Georgia ranked #2 for Election Integrity by the Heritage Foundation, a top ranking for Voter Accessibility by the Center for Election Innovation & Research and tied for number one in Election Administration by the Bipartisan Policy Center.