Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says voters heading to the polls on Election Day should experience short wait times, if any, at the polls.
“When voters go to vote, first of all they’re finding, we started this in 2022, the electric poll pad check-in,” Raffensperger said. “People are getting checked in so quickly, so that really moves the lines really quick. Lines have to be shorter than one hour on Election Day. I think that’s really important also. You’re having a lot of people moving through enjoying the process because they don’t have long lines.”
The comments came during a Monday news conference, where also discussed the process for counting the ballots on Tuesday.
“Tomorrow night, all these people that have voted early, that’s about 65% expected votes, will be reported one hour after the polls close. All the absentee ballots that have come in will have been ready for tabulation and those will be reported. That’s 75% that will be reported by 8 pm.”
He also touted measures his office has taken during his tenure.
“I done two citizenship checks, I’ve done an audit two years ago and I’ve done one this past summer, proving that only American citizens are on the voter rolls,” said Raffensperger. “We found 20 Americans [noncitizens] in this last audit. They were kicked off the voter rolls and we sent that information to local DAs for prosecution. We have the cleanest voter list in the entire country.”
Raffensperger is planning to hold three news conferences on Election Day.
