Brad Raffensperger
American politician
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| September 25 2024 | The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously confirmed the ruling to keep votes for De la Cruz and West from counting, despite Raffensperger's intention to keep them on the ballot. |
| September 12 2024 | A judge disqualified Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz from running for president in Georgia. |
| August 29 2024 | Raffensperger overruled an administrative law judge to keep Claudia De la Cruz and Cornel West on the ballot, creating the first ballot with more than four candidates since 1946. |
| August 5 2024 | Cybersecurity researcher Jason Parker disclosed a vulnerability in Georgia's voter cancellation portal that allowed bypassing driver's license requirements. |
| July 29 2024 | Raffensperger implemented an online portal allowing voter registration cancellations, which raised concerns from groups like Fair Fight Action about potential abuse. |
| June 2023 | Raffensperger argued that cybersecurity flaws in voting software were not significant, opposing recommendations from cybersecurity experts to update software and implement voter-verifiable print-outs. |
| January 2023 | Georgia state legislature denied Raffensperger's $25 million request to implement security updates for Dominion Voting Systems machines before the 2024 elections. |
| 2022 | Raffensperger won the Republican primary by securing over 50% of the votes, avoiding a runoff and defeating Trump-endorsed challenger Jody Hice. |
| 2022 | After the Senate runoff election, Raffensperger called for the Georgia Assembly to end the state's runoff voting system. |
| 2022 | Successfully wins reelection as Georgia Secretary of State, defeating Trump-backed candidate Jody Hice in the Republican primary and Democratic challenger Bee Nguyen in the general election. |
| June 21 2022 | Testified in public hearings before the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack. |
| 2021 | Raffensperger removed over 100,000 additional names from Georgia voter registration rolls, using data from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). |
| March 2021 | Experienced a significant change in role when the Republican-controlled state legislature passed a bill removing the state election board chair position from the Georgia Secretary of State's duties. |
| January 6 2021 | Sent a letter to Congress providing a point-by-point refutation of Trump's false election claims. |
| January 5 2021 | Georgia Senate runoff election took place, which would determine party control of the U.S. Senate. |
| January 2 2021 | Participated in a phone call with President Donald Trump where Trump pressured Raffensperger to 'find 11,780 votes' to change the election results in Georgia. |
| November 2020 | Brad Raffensperger implemented an online portal for Georgia voters to request absentee ballots instead of mass-mailing ballot applications, encouraging early and mail-in voting for the general election. |
| November 20 2020 | Raffensperger certified the final vote totals of the Georgia presidential election, confirming Biden's victory by a margin of 12,670 votes. |
| October 2020 | A federal lawsuit by the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) challenging English-only mail-in ballot application mailings was dismissed by U.S. District Judge William M. Ray II. |
| June 2020 | Raffensperger directed mailing of absentee ballot applications to all 6.9 million active registered voters in Georgia for the state's primary election, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| June 9 2020 | Final postponement of Georgia primaries to this date, further delayed due to the coronavirus crisis. |
| May 19 2020 | Initial rescheduled date for Georgia presidential primaries, moved from March 24 to accommodate the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 2020 | Original date for Georgia presidential primaries, which was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| January 2 2020 | Receives a recorded phone call from President Donald Trump attempting to persuade him to change the Georgia election results, which Raffensperger firmly refuses, standing by the election's integrity. |
| 2019 | Brad Raffensperger successfully fought a legal challenge by Stacey Abrams regarding the removal of 300,000 names from Georgia's voter registration rolls. |
| 2019 | Begins serving as the Secretary of State of Georgia, marking the start of his statewide political leadership role. |
| December 4 2018 | Won the runoff election against Democratic candidate John Barrow, securing the position of Georgia Secretary of State. |
| November 6 2018 | Participated in the general election for Georgia Secretary of State, finishing with the most votes and leading Democrat John Barrow by less than one percent. |
| 2015 | Brad Raffensperger won election to the Georgia House of Representatives, succeeding Lynne Riley and beginning his state legislative career. |
| 2015 | Sponsored legislation to prevent county officials from personally profiting from tax liens, closing a loophole that previously allowed tax commissioners to collect substantial fees from tax lien sales. |
| November 2014 | Raffensperger resigned from the Johns Creek City Council to run for the special election to represent the 50th district in the Georgia House of Representatives. Chris Coughlin succeeded him on the City Council. |
| 2012 | Brad Raffensperger began serving on the Post 2 seat of the Johns Creek City Council, replacing Dan McCabe. |
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