Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Friday the prosecution of an alleged case of double-voting in the 2022 General Election.
Following the election, the Secretary of State’s Investigations Division launched a probe following complaints of double voting in that election. Using information obtained from Georgia’s membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center’s (ERIC) Cross State Voter Participation Project, the state identified potential instances of double voting.
“Any illegal vote undermines a citizen’s legal vote,” said Secretary Raffensperger. “One citizen, one vote – anyone who tries to run up the scoreboard will be prosecuted.”
As a result of this investigation, the Secretary of State’s office referred a case of double-voting to the Forsyth County District Attorney’s office that successfully pursued an indictment against an individual who allegedly cast ballots in both Georgia and Arizona.
The individual is alleged to have voted in-person during the Advance Voting period on November 1 in Georgia, and then cast an absentee ballot by mail in Maricopa County, Arizona on November 5. Maricopa County provided a copy of the individual’s oath envelope on which they swore to be an eligible voter residing in that jurisdiction.
Information gleaned from this investigation may also indicate that the individual has cast ballots in both Georgia and Arizona during several elections.
The individual was not identified in a news release from Raffensperger’s office.
Georgia News Network is reporting than an indictment has also been returned in a case of alleged double voting in Fannin County.