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Georgia House Seat Flips After Votes Found on Memory Card
Newsweek • • nation
Key Points:
- Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched an investigation after hundreds of uncounted midterm election votes from Seminole County were uploaded late, potentially flipping the result in House District 154.
- The discovery of 388 additional votes changed the lead from Democrat Harry James to Republican incumbent Gerald Greene by 262 votes, which could alter the balance of power in the Georgia House.
- Raffensperger emphasized the state's election safeguards worked to identify the discrepancy and is investigating how the memory card containing the votes was initially overlooked.
- Democrats currently hold a narrow majority in the Georgia House, but if Greene's seat is certified for the GOP, their margin would shrink to just one seat, with another runoff election pending in House District 151.
- The incident has sparked criticism and conspiracy theories on social media, recalling Raffensperger's previous refusal to comply with Donald Trump's 2020 election vote-finding request.
