{"id":1188771,"date":"2022-01-04T22:20:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188771"},"modified":"2022-01-04T22:20:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:20:35","slug":"georgia-authorities-initiate-probe-into-possible-illegal-ballot-harvesting-in-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-authorities-initiate-probe-into-possible-illegal-ballot-harvesting-in-2020-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Authorities Initiate Probe into Possible Illegal Ballot Harvesting in 2020 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-authorities-initiate-probe-into-possible-illegal-ballot-harvesting-in-2020-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188771&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ballot-Drop-Box-in-Georgia-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Georgia Secretary of State Brad&nbsp;Raffensperger announced Tuesday he initiated a probe into possible illegal ballot harvesting in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>While former President Trump lost the state of Georgia by a 12,000 vote margin, True the Vote submitted a complaint to&nbsp;Raffensperger\u2019s office on November 30 that details digital data of 242 people making visits to drop boxes to dump mail-in-ballots, with about 40 percent of the trips occurring between midnight and 5:00 a.m., Just the News reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Georgia officials confirm that they have launched an investigation into a ballot harvesting scheme during the 2020 presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>The allegation is corroborated by video evidence and testimony from a witness who claims he was paid for ballots.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectionWiz\/status\/1478472437918543876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The&nbsp;True the Vote evidence reportedly includes phone data correlated with video that shows individuals dropping ballots at 5,662 ballot drops during the 2020 pandemic. Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/24\/exclusive-true-the-vote-conducting-massive-clandestine-voter-fraud-investigation\/\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;on a True the Vote document in August:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In other words, what the document says is that True The Vote was able to take cell phone ping data on a mass wide scale and piece together that several people\u2014suspected ballot harvesters\u2014were making multiple trips to multiple drop boxes, raising potential legal questions in a number of these states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Raffensperger&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/georgia-opens-investigation-possible-illegal-ballot-harvesting-2020?utm_medium=social_media&amp;utm_source=twitter_social_icon&amp;utm_campaign=social_icons\">told<\/a> Just the News:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We do have some information. And we are going to investigate that. We did deploy drop boxes that were under 24\/7 surveillance, and because they were then that really, you know, can indicate who dropped that information off, and we\u2019re really just going through that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf people give us, you know, credible allegations, we want to make sure that we do that,\u201d Raffensperger continued. \u201cAnd we have that right now as an ongoing investigation.\u201d He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>That will be one of the processes we\u2019re looking at if we have people that don\u2019t want to come forward for whatever concern, because we really need to get to the bottom of it. We just can\u2019t let it sit there and lie. So if it comes to that, then that\u2019s probably the next step that we\u2019d be looking at.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">True the Vote Makes Raffensperger An Offer He (Finally) Can&#8217;t Refuse<\/p>\n<p>(He&#8217;ll try to kill the process anyway.)<\/p>\n<p>Georgia opens investigation into possible illegal ballot harvesting in 2020 election <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jzamFocpWH\">https:\/\/t.co\/jzamFocpWH<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustTheNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustTheNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rasmussen_Poll\/status\/1478475604584456201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Raffensperger\u2019s decision to open a probe into the security of elections comes as Gov. Brian Kemp (R) decided not to open an investigation into the matter last spring.<\/p>\n<p>Both&nbsp;Raffensperger and Kemp have come under heavy fire from Trump for not conducting thorough investigations into the reported election fraud, though&nbsp;Raffensperger\u2019s Tuesday announcement drew a statement from Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow, big news on Georgia election fraud. Many other states to follow!\u201d Trump said in a press release.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In August, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/02\/exclusive-donald-trump-states-have-paper-ballots-same-day-voting-voter-id\/\">told<\/a> Breitbart News True the Vote\u2019s investigation is imperative, while noting that voting in person with an ID should be made law in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a big deal. This is a big deal. I know \u2014 I\u2019ve been hearing about it,\u201d Trump state about True the Vote\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoter ID is very important,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cGeorgia\u2019s new law is not strong. Texas\u2019s new law is strong. Georgia\u2019s new law is not strong because the governor of Georgia didn\u2019t want it to be strong. It\u2019s better than it was, but it\u2019s not strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrankly, going to paper ballots is better than anything you can do \u2014 paper ballots. Going to paper ballots. You know, Canada uses paper ballots. I think going to paper ballots would be the best thing if you want to have accurate elections.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Secretary of State Brad\u00a0Raffensperger announced Tuesday he initiated a probe into possible illegal ballot harvesting in the 2020 election. 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