Georgia's secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude legal ballotsWith a handful of Georgia county elections directors behind him, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announces the start of a hand recount of the November 3 presidential election during a briefing outside of the Georgia State Capitol building in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. The secretary of state's office said those votes probably would have been discovered, but it called for the resignation of the county election director. Raffensperger said he was stunned that Graham appeared to suggest that he find a way to toss legally cast ballots. In an interview on Capitol Hill on Monday evening, Graham denied that he had suggested that Raffensperger toss legal ballots, calling that characterization "ridiculous." But he said he did seek out the secretary of state to understand the state's signature-matching requirements.
