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Election denial is a fault line in Republican primary for Georgia secretary of state
Republican candidates split between defending Brad Raffensperger’s 2020 results and echoing Trump’s fraud claims as lawmakers race to resolve vote-counting rules.
- On Wednesday, Gov. Brian Kemp called lawmakers into special session on June 17 to address a looming vote-counting deadline after a law passed two years ago banned QR codes from official counts after July 1 of this year.
- With Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stepping down to run for governor, the race to replace him has become a battleground over Georgia's 2020 election, as some Republican candidates have begun endorsing distortions similar to those Trump promoted six years ago.
- Gabriel Sterling, Raffensperger's former top aide, stands alone among Republicans defending Georgia's 2020 election results, saying at an Atlanta Press Club debate the state has the best and safest elections in America; Vernon Jones, a former Democrat turned Trump supporter, said "I believe there were many irregularities" and "I stand with those who believe there was election fraud."
- Lawmakers' failure to agree on an alternative vote-counting method has created uncertainty and potential lawsuits over Georgia elections, while Sterling insisted he is best positioned to beat a Democrat in the fall by defending the state's election laws against attacks from Stacey Abrams and Joe Biden's Justice Department.
- Implementation of a new voting system by 2028 will fall to the next secretary of state, as critics including Jones and King push for hand-marked paper ballots to replace touch-screen machines—a shift supported by many Republicans across Georgia.
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Election denial Pushes the Story Into Uncharted Territory
Quick Summary Georgia’s June 17, 2026 special session is crucial as officials seek a legal solution before the July 1 QR-code deadline. The anti-election-fraud atmosphere in Georgia’s secretary of state race is influencing other races and raising security concerns. Raffensperger’s campaign received a threatening manifesto, adding tension to the GOP primary. Gabriel Sterling is the only Republican candidate defending Georgia’s 2020 election resu…
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