While one election lawsuit filed in Georgia was being tossed, another is making its way through the court system. Ray Smith, lead counsel for the Trump Campaign, filed suit Friday in Fulton County Superior Court contesting the results of the November 3 election. The lawsuit claims that there are tens of thousands of illegal votes and want the courts to let the state legislature appoint the electors for Georgia. The suit also states Trump’s campaign is putting in a “request for emergency declaratory and injunctive relief”.
“We feel, that based on everything we have seen, the election should be invalidated,” said Smith.
The lawsuit lists 16 county elections directors as defendants, as well as Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Smith said the lawsuit will initially be assigned to a Fulton County Superior Court Judge, then assigned to an administrative law judge who will then assign it to a judge who doesn’t reside in any of the counties listed as defendants.
The suit claims they violated the state election code and allege “significant systemic misconduct, fraud, and other irregularities occurring during the election process, many thousands of illegal votes were cast, counted, and included in the tabulations.” Trump’s legal team is also bringing forward dozens of signed affidavits from Georgia residents who claimed to have witnessed voter fraud.
Many of the irregularities in the lawsuit were part of testimony by Rudy Giuliani Thursday in front of a Georgia Senate subcommittee, including
● 2,056 felons illegally voted
● 66,248 under 18 voted
● 2,423 weren’t registered at all
● 10,315 died prior to the election
● 15,700 moved out of state
Sidney Powell lawsuit thrown out
On the same day that federal Judge Timothy Batten dismissed the lawsuit filed by former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recertified the results of the November 3rd Presidential election. The recertification came following an audit-triggered hand recount and a formal recount requested by the Trump campaign.
Batten dismissed the suit after listening to arguments that lasted just over an hour on Monday. He cited lawsuit timing, moot arguments and arguments filed in the wrong court. “Moreover, the plaintiffs simply do not have standing to bring these claims,” he said, stating that the relief Powell sought could not be ordered by the federal court.
State House Committee to hold elections hearing
The House Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing next week on voting processes and elections in Georgia. The committee will meet on Dec. 10 to continue the work they began earlier this year when they were directed by Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) to look into irregularities with the June primary.
“Ahead of the critical Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoff, it is imperative that we ensure free and fair elections that inspire confidence and certainty in the result,” said Ralston. “For that reason, I’m asking Chairman Shaw Blackmon (R-Bonaire) and his committee to act swiftly and aggressively and follow the facts wherever they may lead so as to reassure Georgia voters their vote will count in January.”
Burns calls on SOS to review verification process
House Majority Leader Jon Burns (R-Newington) has submitted a letter to Raffensperger and the State Election Board suggesting improvements to the absentee ballot application and envelope signature verification process. The letter, signed by over 100 current and newly-elected House members, also encourages the Secretary of State to seek additional staffing options to provide more support and oversight for Georgia’s upcoming runoff elections on January 5.
The House members call for the Secretary of State to implement a more robust verification process when reviewing signatures on absentee ballot applications and mail-in ballot envelopes by including independent observers.
Heritage Foundation tracks election fraud
The Heritage Foundation has compiled an election fraud database, sampling the many proven instances of election fraud. As reported by InsiderAdvantage’s Phil Kent recently, “each and every one of the cases in this database represents an instance in which a public official thought it serious enough to act upon it. And each and every one ended in a finding that the individual had engaged in wrongdoing in connection with an election hoping to affect its outcome — or that the results of an election were sufficiently in question and had to be overturned.”
Lawyers say that it is important to remember, Kent wrote, that every fraudulent vote cast invalidates the vote of an eligible voter– effectively disenfranchising that voter.
