Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks at joint Kiwanis and Rotary meeting in Moultrie

MOULTRIE, Ga. – Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger visited Moultrie, meeting with the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs as a part of his engagement with local communities.

Secretary Raffensperger served as the keynote speaker at the joint meeting. During his address, he covered a range of topics, including Georgia’s record voter list maintenance, the licensing reform package advancing through the State Legislature, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)’s decision to drop its election lawsuit against the state.

“It’s tremendous to be here in Moultrie. Also, to speak, before a group of Kiwanians and Rotarians. Because both groups are civic minded. And, whenever you get two groups of people together, sometimes it seems like you have food fights. But, these folks, they get along. They’re friendly competition because their friends, their neighbors, they realize they have so much more in common than whatever could possibly separate them,” said Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

In addition to his remarks, Raffensperger engaged in discussion with club members, providing an opportunity for attendees to ask questions and receive direct responses.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger also highlighted how his office has successfully balanced accessibility and efficiency.

“Well, it’s never been easier to vote and it’s never been easier to register, but most people are now registering through the Department of Driver Services (DDS). Then once they’ve gone through that, they also issue your driver’s license, but they provide us that information, people that are qualified to become electors, then we can put them on the voter list and disperse that out through the entire counties. By doing that, we also had the cleanest voter list because the Department of Driver Services (DDS) lets us know whether a driver gets a driver’s license in another state. And, then we did an audit of the last election of the human readable text, not the QR code. Of the 5.1 million ballots, only 87 discrepancies, and those were on the hand marked paper ballots. The machines had zero errors,” said Raffensperger.

De’Andra Jacobs reporting.

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