Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, rejected President Trump’s suggestion on Tuesday that a mess in the voting machine in a conservative county near Augusta compromised Republican votes in the Senate’s run-off elections.
“Reports are coming out of Georgia’s 12th Congressional District that Dominion Machines has not been operating in certain Republican strongholds for more than an hour,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, citing a report of flaws first reported by Representative Rick Allen, a Republican who represents the polling stations in question.
“Banknotes are being left in closed boxes, I hope they will be counted,” added Trump.
Mr. Raffensperger shot back at his midday status report, saying that “a small number” of keys used to start the ballot box had not been programmed correctly and “some” cards used by voters to activate touchscreen machines also had programming problems.
All problems “were solved at 10 am”, he wrote. “At no time did the voting stop because voters continued to vote for emergency ballots, according to procedures established by Georgia law.