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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
KELLY LOEFFLER DEMANDS MORE TRANSPARENCY, CALLS FOR ANSWERS ABOUT NON-CITIZEN VOTERS IN GEORGIA
(ATLANTA) – Today, following the publication of results from Georgia’s non-citizen voter roll audit, Greater Georgia Chairwoman Kelly Loeffler called on Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to answer key questions after he initially refused to release the results and misrepresented its findings for more than three months. She demanded greater transparency from Raffensperger and called on him to address the questions raised by the audit's findings.
Raffensperger released the results of his audit late last night, weeks after Greater Georgia called on him to do so. According to his memo, Raffensperger uncovered 20 non-citizens and 156 potential non-citizens on Georgia’s voter rolls. Nine of the non-citizens successfully voted in previous Georgia elections.
The abrupt admission, which comes in the middle of Georgia's early voting period, is a direct result of Greater Georgia’s advocacy. Last month, Loeffler wrote a private letter to Raffensperger urging him to release the results of his audit but never received a response. It was only on Monday, after Greater Georgia publicly called on Raffensperger to release the results of the audit, that his office suddenly announced its intention to share them. The office said that a previously scheduled press conference would be amended to include the findings of the audit.
Raffensperger previously claimed that the audit was completed in July, at which time he announced that it uncovered “zero” non-citizens on the voter rolls.
As he said three months ago: "I did a 100% audit. We found no non-citizens on the voter rolls, which means that only American citizens are voting. I just did the second audit, finished it up last week, and we got the same results. So I can tell my fellow Georgians: only American citizens are voting.” Since then, Raffensperger has made similar guarantees about the audit's findings while simultaneously refusing to release them to the public.
Greater Georgia Chairwoman Kelly Loeffler issued the following statement:
"The revelation that 20 non-citizens - and potentially 156 more - have registered to vote in Georgia is long-awaited information that Georgians deserve to know. But it is deeply concerning that our Secretary of State refused to share his findings for months - and during that time, repeatedly and falsely assured voters that ‘zero’ non-citizens were registered to vote. Voters just want the truth - and if state officials continue to withhold or misrepresent it, they will soon erode the trust that has been rebuilt in our system thanks to strong laws and advocacy.
“Although the window to demonstrate a commitment to transparency is rapidly closing, I encourage Secretary Raffensperger to embrace it for the remainder of the 2024 election cycle. He should begin by answering the following questions about the non-citizens on our voter rolls."
Raffensperger's memo detailing the results of the citizenship audit leaves a number of questions that must be answered, including:
- Why did it take three months to release the results?
- Why did Raffensperger previously claim that the audit was completed in July?
- How did non-citizens subvert Georgia’s voter registration process to become eligible voters, and how will processes be changed to prevent it in the future?
- When will the review of the 156 potential non-citizens be completed?
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What accounts for the sudden spike in non-citizen voters, given that zero non-citizens were found on our voter rolls during the last audit two years ago?
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Were any of the non-citizens among those identified by the Oversight Project?
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