Georgia official warns of Russian interference in U.S. vote
Raw StoryThe top election official in the southern US state of Georgia has warned that a video allegedly showing a Haitian immigrant voting multiple times is part of a targeted disinformation campaign likely originating from Russia. "Earlier today, our office became aware of a video purporting to show a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia ID's claiming to have voted multiple times," Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement published Thursday night. Raffensperger, who rose to national prominence after the 2020 presidential vote by refusing Donald Trump's demands to change the state's election results, added he was asking Elon Musk, a staunch Trump supporter, and the leaders of other social media companies for their help in taking the clip down. The identifications are fake, and there's no way the people in the video cast ballots in Georgia using those IDs," he said.
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