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Georgia’s leading election authority is challenging Vice President Kamala Harris by accusing her of spreading falsehoods regarding the state’s voting security legislation.

Brad Raffensperger, the Secretary of State for Georgia, criticized Harris’s statements made during a recent campaign event in Michigan, without directly naming her.

“Frustratingly, recently, a candidate repeated that lie that we will lock up people that give water to voters waiting in line to vote,” Raffensperger stated. “That’s a lie, because we don’t have any lines in Georgia. It’s just cheap politics.”

He further addressed the broader Democratic critiques of Georgia’s voting laws, noting, “We have worked tirelessly to prepare for this election by adding early voting days and investing in infrastructure, creating more security and more voter convenience…only to be rewarded with the lies about ‘Jim Crow 2.0.”

Although Harris hasn’t labeled the Georgia laws “Jim Crow 2.0,” she has been critical of the state’s restrictions on distributing food and water in voter queues.

In Ann Arbor on Monday night, Harris remarked, “I was just in Georgia. You know they passed a law that makes it illegal to give people food and water for standing in line to vote?”

“The hypocrisy abounds. Whatever happened to ‘love thy neighbor,’ right?” she added, with the crowd responding negatively.

Harris’s comments also faced criticism from Republican Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, who mocked her brief 2020 presidential campaign.

“Sounds like Kamala Harris just can’t handle the truth,” Kemp posted on X on Tuesday. “We made it easier to vote and harder to cheat in Georgia. As a result, more than 3 million Georgians have already voted — that’s 3 million more votes than the Vice President got in the 2024 primaries.”

Following the scrutiny Georgia faced after the 2020 election, state officials introduced several new voting regulations.

These changes included reducing the number of ballot drop boxes — which were introduced in 2020 — and limiting political organizations from offering food and water to voters in line on Election Day within certain distances from the polls.

Georgia also implemented new identification requirements for absentee voting.

In response, Democratic groups and civil rights advocates accused Republican leaders of curtailing voter access.

Raffensperger and others in the Republican camp have countered these allegations, especially following the high voter turnout observed in Georgia since early voting kicked off on October 15.

By Wednesday afternoon, over 45% of Georgia’s active voters had participated in pre-Election Day voting.

Raffensperger urged candidates to accept election results “gracefully,” drawing a parallel to his grandson losing a recent baseball game.

“As soon as they came up short, and they lost, I know that they were disappointed. But what they did, because both teams were good sportsmen, they lined up, and they did that passing of shaking each other’s hand and said, ‘Congratulations, good game,’” he explained.

“As a grandparent, I’m proud to see that. But just as an American, I think that’s wonderful, because I think that’s what America is — is gracefully accepting your wins, but also gracefully accepting your losses.”

He declared, “I will hold both parties accountable to you, the voters of Georgia.”

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