Brad Raffensperger
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 68 |
| Date of birth | May 18,1955 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Party | Republican Party |
| Job | Civil engineer |
| Education | Western University |
| Georgia State University | |
| Official site | bradforgeorgia.com |
| Spouse | Tricia Raffensperger |
| Position | Georgia Secretary of State |
| Georgia Secretary of State since 2019 | |
| Children | Brenton Jay Raffensperger |
| Full name | Bradford Jay Raffensperger |
| Books | Integrity Counts |
| Previous position | Georgia State Representative (2015–2019) |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 591079 |
Brad Raffensperger Life story
Bradford Jay Raffensperger is an American politician, businessman, and civil engineer, serving as the Secretary of State of Georgia since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 50.
Fentanyl-laced envelopes sent to US election officials
... Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger described the letters as " domestic terrorism" that " needs to be condemned"...
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... He is alleged to have tried to pressure a chief investigator to speed up signature verification in Fulton County and to have been involved in a phone call in which Mr Trump tried to persuade Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to " find" enough votes to overturn Joe Biden s victory in the state...
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... In January 2021, Mr Trump was recorded on a phone call asking Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to " find" 11,780 votes, the number he would have required to beat Mr Biden in that state...
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... Officials in the state are currently looking into whether Mr Trump broke the law when he asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to " find" the exact number of votes he needed to flip the vote in his favour...
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... In Georgia, Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger - who resisted pressure from Donald Trump to overturn the result in their state - were easily re-elected as governor and secretary of state...
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... The position of secretary of state was highlighted in 2020 when a recording emerged of Mr Trump asking Brad Raffensperger in Georgia to " find" 11,780 votes to overcome his margin of defeat in the state...
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... Trump fully understands the significance of this post - on 2 January 2021 he famously called Georgia s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, and urged the Republican to " find" him an extra 11,780 votes so that Trump could win the state...
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... Georgia s top election official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, also refused Mr Trump s entreaties at the time, and is also up for re-election on Tuesday...
Fentanyl-laced envelopes sent to US election officials
Suspicious envelopes, some laced with fentanyl, have been sent to election offices in at least five US states.
The Letters were reported in Georgia, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington, where The Letter included A Warning to " end elections now".
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger described The Letters as " domestic terrorism" that " needs to be condemned".
Fentanyl is a synthetic painkiller 50 times more powerful than heroin.
It has been blamed for a rise in US drug deaths.
According to The Fbi and US Postal Service, fentanyl was found in four of The Letters . Some of The Letters were intercepted before they arrived at their Final Destination .
" Law enforcement is working diligently to intercept any additional letters before they are delivered, " The Fbi and Postal Service Said in a statement.
In Washington, officials in Pierce County released images of a Letter - postmarked in Portland, Oregon - which included The Words " end elections now".
A similar Letter was received in Seattle's King County , which reported another fentanyl-laced Letter during an August Primary Election .
In Georgia, The Letter appeared to be targeting an office in Fulton County . Authorities discovered The Letter and found it contained fentanyl.
" Some People like to call fentanyl a drug, " Mr Raffensperger told reporters on Thursday. " It's actually poison, it will kill you, it will kill you very quickly, very easily. "
" My Wife and I lost our son five-and-a-half years ago due to a fentanyl overdose, we know how deadly this stuff is. "
Brenton Raffensperger died in 2018 aged 38.
In Washington, election offices in four counties - King , Pierce, Skagit and Spokane - received envelopes containing " unknown powdery substances" according to Secretary of State Steve Hobbs .
The incidents took place as workers were counting ballots from the 7 November general election, Said Mr Hobbs, a Democrat.
" These incidents are acts of terrorism to threaten our elections, " He Said , echoing Mr Raffensperger.
The Postal Service was able to intercept envelopes headed to Los Angeles and Sacramento, according to the Associated Press .
Fulton County in Georgia has been The Target of repeated unfounded claims by former President Donald Trump of widespread ballot fraud.
He is for allegedly conspiring to overturn Georgia's vote results from 2020.
Mr Trump has pleaded Not Guilty .
On Wednesday, Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts - a Democrat - Said that officials there had been under threat since the 2020 election.
He added that there are " people Out There who want to do harm to our workers and disrupt, interrupt, the flow of democracy".
Mr Pitts added that officials are prepared for the 2024 election, which He Said would be the " focal point" of tension and scrutiny.
" This Was a good trial run for us, " He Said .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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