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Georgia's top election official after Sens. Loeffler, Perdue call on him to resign: 'That is not going to happen'

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a presser at Liberty Plaza, across the street from the Georgia State Capitol building, in downtown Atlanta, Monday, April 6, 2020. Raffensperger announced the creation of an "absentee ballot task force" that will investigate reports of fraud as Georgia expands mail-in voting for the May 19 primary election. Georgia Sens.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger rebuffed Perdue and Loeffler's claims, for which there is no evidence supporting them. Both Perdue and Loeffler are staring down a final fight to keep their Senate seats, with a January 5 runoff that pits them against Democratic challengers, the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger refused to resign after the state's two Republican senators called on him to do so.

"Let me start by saying that is not going to happen," Raffensperger wrote in the statement. "I know emotions are running high. Politics are involved in everything right now. If I was Senator Perdue, I'd be irritated I was in a runoff. And both Senators and I are all unhappy with the potential outcome for our President."

 

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