Independent journalist David Khait, who has reported on alleged irregularities in Georgia's voter registration rolls, told Newsmax that he does not agree with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's contention that the state's rolls are the "cleanest in the nation."
"I don't agree with that at all, because anybody from the secretary of state's office can just get in their car, drive eight minutes, and see an empty lot," Khait told Newsmax's Rob Finnerty on Wednesday.
"But when you can purchase the voter rolls for $45 like I did, and you get the most updated ones, which I got them on Jan. 3, and you can see that a person is for some reason registered to vote currently on those rolls, there you start to question, why won't anybody from that office go down there and see for themselves exactly what I saw," he said.
Newsmax showed clips from Khait’s reporting in which he says Georgia's voter registration rolls list dozens — and in some cases hundreds — of voters with addresses at locations such as empty lots, a highway underpass, a homeless shelter, and private mailbox businesses in Fulton County.
Khait said he was shown another address he described as physically implausible for residency.
"Just two more minutes down the road, you'll find an individual that is registered to vote under an underpass," he said, adding, "There's no mailboxes under a bridge. Right."
He also cited a storefront address in Atlanta.
"We're at a UPS Store located at 2625 Piedmont Road NE in Atlanta, Fulton County, where apparently 96 people are right now actively registered to vote."
Khait continued, "The law says you're supposed to be registered at your house, a primary residence. So how can someone 96 people claim a UPS store to be their private residence?"
Raffensperger, meanwhile, said in a press release on Thursday that he is pushing a proposal that would require voters to show a REAL ID to be eligible to vote, asking lawmakers to pass the change as part of an effort "to ensure only U.S. citizens vote in Georgia elections."
"I have made Georgia the safest and most secure place to vote in the country," he said. "Requiring REAL ID to vote adds an extra layer of protection. Before you fly or enter a federal building, you need to show your REAL ID; voting should be no different.
"REAL ID is the gold standard in identification," Raffensperger added. "The General Assembly needs to pass this legislation this session to safeguard our elections."
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