Four years ago, it was a Republican official in Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, whose refusal to cooperate with Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election by trying to find 11,780 votes helped ensure the integrity of the state's results, and democracy itself.
Georgia Republicans Gov. Brian Kemp, State Attorney General Christopher Carr and Secretary of State Raffensperger must defend democracy again. Far-right elements within their own party have gained control of the State Election Board and could make it impossible to hold a free and fair election unless other Republicans stop them.
Mr. Kemp, Mr. Carr and Mr. Raffensperger can demonstrate their mettle by standing up to the MAGA-captured elections board, which enacted rules several weeks ago that would allow county officials to delay election certification.
Mr. Raffensperger said on X on Aug. 7 that state election law requires counties to certify the election results by Nov. 12. We fully anticipate that counties will follow the law, he wrote.
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