Raffensperger says viral video of alleged voting fraud obviously fake and likely foreign meddling in Georgia's elections

Source: CNN Politics

Published 11:42 PM EDT, Thu October 31, 2024


CNN — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday said the state had been targeted by election disinformation, pointing to a viral video of alleged voter fraud that he suggested could be the result of foreign meddling. The original video, which emerged on the social media platform X on Thursday, had well over half a million views and purportedly showed a Haitian immigrant claiming he voted several times for Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election.

Raffensperger, the top election official in the battleground state, said the video was “obviously fake” and was intended to raise illegitimate concerns about Georgia’s voting process. He said he’s working with state officials and federal authorities to “combat” the video and “identify the origin of it.”

“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,” Raffensperger said in a statement. “This is false, and is an example of targeted disinformation we’ve seen this election.”

“CISA [Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency] is currently investigating,” Raffensperger said. “In the meantime, we ask Elon Musk and the leadership of other social media platforms to take this down. This is obviously fake and part of a disinformation effort. Likely it is a production of Russian troll farms.”

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