{"id":1458479,"date":"2022-04-29T17:29:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T21:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1458479"},"modified":"2022-04-29T17:29:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T21:29:46","slug":"fact-check-did-georgia-find-over-1600-instances-of-noncitizens-voting-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-georgia-find-over-1600-instances-of-noncitizens-voting-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Georgia Find \u2018Over 1,600 Instances Of Noncitizens Voting In 2020\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-georgia-find-over-1600-instances-of-noncitizens-voting-in-2020%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=1458479&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><\/div>\n<p>An image\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=144734468069916&#038;id=100076000891231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid%3D144734468069916%26id%3D100076000891231&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1651327745826000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2mfe1NOydvnuMYVN4iWaI3\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims the state of Georgia found \u201cover 1,600 instances of noncitizens voting in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Georgia election officials recently announced that a review of the state\u2019s voter rolls uncovered more than 1,600 instances in which noncitizens attempted to vote in elections. However, the review looked at elections spanning as far back as 1997, not just 2020.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Republican Georgia Rep. Jody Hice is campaigning to become Georgia\u2019s next secretary of state against incumbent Brad Raffensperger in what is shaping up to be a tight race, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/campaign\/3464109-raffensperger-in-close-reelection-race-with-trump-backed-challenger-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a>. A key issue in the race is Raffensberger\u2019s denial of former President Donald Trump\u2019s claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against him, a claim the Trump-backed Hice has embraced, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook claims new evidence has emerged that supports Trump\u2019s claims of election fraud. The image shows what appears to be a screen grab of an April 28 news article with a headline that reads, \u201cGeorgia finds over 1,600 instances of noncitizens voting in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The headline is misleading. While Raffensperger\u2019s office announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.ga.gov\/news\/citizenship-audit-finds-1634-noncitizens-attempted-register-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 28 press release<\/a> that a review of the state\u2019s voter rolls uncovered more than 1,600 instances in which noncitizens attempted to vote in elections, a later <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.ga.gov\/news\/secretary-raffensperger-refers-1600-noncitizen-registrants-local-das-gbi-state-election-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a> clarified the review examined elections over a 25-year period dating back to 1997. In other words, the 1,600 attempted illegal votes uncovered were from a 25-year period, not just 2020 as the Facebook image suggests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attempts spanned from 1997 until as recently as February 24, 2022. 1,319, or 80.7% of the attempted registrations, have occurred since 2016,\u201d the April 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.ga.gov\/news\/secretary-raffensperger-refers-1600-noncitizen-registrants-local-das-gbi-state-election-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> reads in part. The statement also notes that the \u201c1,634 noncitizens who were identified as having attempted to register to vote during the state\u2019s first citizenship check of the voter rolls\u201d were referred for \u201cfurther investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Secretary of State\u2019s office confirmed in a phone call to Check Your Fact that none of the noncitizens who attempted to vote in prior elections were able to do so. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/12\/08\/fact-check-two-georgia-state-senators-counting-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Image Show Two Georgia State Senators Found Counting Ballots?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article featured in the post stems from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsbnetwork.com\/news\/georgia-finds-over-1600-instances-of-noncitizens-voting-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSB Network<\/a>. The report cites Raffensperger speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/georgia-sos-brad-raffensperger-organizations-possibly-behind-registering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Solomon Reports<\/a> podcast about the review of the voter rolls but makes no mention of the 25-year span the review examined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook claims the state of Georgia found \u201cover 1,600 instances of noncitizens voting in 2020.\u201dVerdict: Misleading Georgia election officials recently announced that a review of the state\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":1481043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1458479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1458479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1458479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1458479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1458479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}