We need an investigation into Lindsey Graham's intervention in Georgia
Opinion by Jennifer Rubin
The Post reports on an interview with Georgias Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who said he spoke on Friday to Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.):
In their conversation, Graham questioned Raffensperger about the states signature-matching law and whether political bias could have prompted poll workers to accept ballots with nonmatching signatures, according to Raffensperger. Graham also asked whether Raffensperger had the power to toss all mail ballots in counties found to have higher rates of nonmatching signatures, Raffensperger said.
Raffensperger said he was stunned that Graham appeared to suggest that he find a way to toss legally cast ballots. Absent court intervention, Raffensperger doesnt have the power to do what Graham suggested, as
counties administer elections in Georgia.
It sure looked like he was wanting to go down that road, Raffensperger said.
Graham denied to The Post that he encouraged Raffensperger to discard ballots, saying he was only investigating signature-matching rules. That raises the question why he would need to know this information and decide directly to contact Raffensperger, who is under death threats and has been subject to baseless accusations of misconduct by fellow Republicans.
Federal and/or state law enforcement should get to the bottom of this, requiring both parties to the conversation, and any witnesses, to preserve evidence. Stephen I. Vladeck, an election law guru and University of Texas law professor, tells me, At least as relayed in the Post story, Sen. Graham appears to have been attempting to convince Secretary Raffensperger to alter the valid results of Georgias election in a manner that may run afoul of numerous provisions of Georgia election law. He adds, At the very least, its a serious matter that might warrant further investigation and that is grossly unbecoming of any United States senator, let alone the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Depending on the facts and we do not definitively know what occurred any number of laws might be implicated.
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