{"id":8562,"date":"2021-02-09T23:09:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T23:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gagop.org\/?page_id=8562"},"modified":"2022-09-07T04:41:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:41:30","slug":"election-confidence-task-force","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gagop.org\/election-confidence-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Confidence Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;|800|||||||&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Republican Party&#8217;s Election Confidence Task Force, appointed by State Chairman David Shafer and led by Atlanta attorney Brad Carver, has released its reported recommendations with the unanimous approval of the State Executive Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Among the\u00a0proposals in the report:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Requiring photo ID verification for all absentee ballot applications and ballots, ending the legally compromised system of signature verification, to combat ballot harvesting and absentee ballot fraud.<\/li>\n<li>Allowing observers at each step of the process, including ballot\u00a0verification and\u00a0duplication, with meaningful access, not the sham access allowed under the Secretary of State&#8217;s official election bulletins.<\/li>\n<li>Allowing videotaping of all election activity except voters casting their ballots.<\/li>\n<li>Eliminating unmanned ballot drop boxes (or, alternatively, mandating a strict chain of custody procedure) to combat supposed ballot harvesting and absentee ballot fraud.<\/li>\n<li>Removing\u00a0no-excuse absentee by-mail voting, allowing absentee ballots only for voters who have a specific reason.\u00a0Current Georgia law is more liberal than New York law.<\/li>\n<li>Eliminating\u00a0third-party and government solicitation of absentee ballot applications.\u00a0The myriad of solicitations created voter confusion and opens the door to illegal ballot harvesting and fraud.<\/li>\n<li>Making\u00a0\u201cMotor Voter\u201d\u00a0voter registration at drivers license offices opt-in, rather than automatic, to reduce the number of ineligible voters accidentally added to the voter registration list.<\/li>\n<li>Requiring any organization registering voters to first\u00a0register with the Secretary of State who will maintain a\u00a0public list of registered organizations and the number of registrations each organization has collected.<\/li>\n<li>Replacing all Dominion software with auditable and transparent software.<\/li>\n<li>Enacting revolving door ethics restrictions on Secretary of State employees.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibiting so-called mobile voting locations, except in the case of a natural disaster. 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