Stacy Abrams on Sunday said comparisons between her refusal to concede her loss in the race for a governor until now the government.Brian Kemp
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‘[I]These are not just different circumstances. It’s apples and bowls, ‘Abrams told ABC’s Martha Raddatz on Sunday,’ This week. ‘
Abrams refused to concede in 2018, arguing that voter oppression was contributing to her loss.
But she helps with the big difference that prevailed with some of her arguments, while courts rejected Trump’s.
‘I pointed out that a series of steps had been taken which hampered the ability of the electorate to impede their vote. “In almost all the circumstances, the courts agree, just like the state legislature,” she told Raddatz.
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Abrams: “I have pointed out that a series of actions have been taken that hamper the ability of voters to have their votes hindered.” https://t.co/D6Bf454eHI
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“In contrast, President Trump has lost every one of his challenges in the state of Georgia and he has no evidence. In fact, an audit – I think the fourth – of this election found that there was no fraud in our signature contest. Abrams said. said: “One person … accidentally signed against the rules, but otherwise we know that the signatures match and that the process works.”
Shortly after the 2018 election, a federal judge ruled that Georgia’s Secretary of State Kemp was likely to ‘fail’ during the vote.[ed] to properly maintain a reliable and secure voter registration system, “which” would result in a violation of voters’ rights to cast their ballots and have their votes counted, “according to The Washington Post.
In a separate consent agreement between the Democratic Party of Georgia and the Office of the Secretary of State, the state of Georgia agreed to put in place a system to notify voters in a timely manner if their signatures on absentee ballots were non-compliant. be rejected. The president has repeatedly attacked the office of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) and Abrams, whose campaign has filed the lawsuit, for this deal.
The president has repeatedly claimed that Biden’s victory in Georgia was the result of widespread voter fraud, but GOP courts and officials in the state have said there is no evidence to support his arguments.
Trump responded by attacking Republican government officials. He appealed to Kemp and told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo
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