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Georgia Republicans Debate Whether to Vote in Runoff Elections

Matt Haines

   NEW ORLEANS, LA. - As the U.S. state of Georgia begins early voting in
   a pair of runoff elections that will determine party control of the
   U.S. Senate, many Republicans are debating whether to vote in a system
   they believe to be fraudulent.

   "I think the presidential election was rigged," Georgia resident Kyle
   Huneycutt, a Republican voter, told VOA, referring to the November 3
   election that saw Joe Biden, a Democrat, defeat Republican President
   Donald Trump. "And I have very little confidence in Georgia's capacity
   to conduct a fair and accurate election in January, either."

   A POLITICO/Morning Consult survey from last month showed that even
   though there is a lack of evidence of widespread cheating, 70% of
   Republicans do not believe the November 3 presidential election was
   free and fair.

   Over the past six weeks, some notable Trump supporters -- including
   Sidney Powell, a former member of the president's legal team, and
   high-profile Georgia attorney Lin Wood -- have encouraged Georgia
   Republicans to boycott the January 5 elections that will pit Republican
   Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler against Democratic challengers
   Jon Ossoff and the Reverend Raphael Warnock.

   "Why would you go back and vote in another rigged election?" Wood asked
   attendees at a recent rally in an Atlanta suburb.

   "I don't trust the election will be fair," Huneycutt said, "but if we
   don't vote, it guarantees we lose the Senate. And that's unacceptable."

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