Today President @realDonaldTrump and I filed a lawsuit against @GaSecofState Brad Raffensperger contesting his certification of the Presidential election in Georgia. 1/15 pic.twitter.com/aWnpiz6arf
— David Shafer (@DavidShafer) December 4, 2020
President Trump, along with the Chair of the Georgia Republican Party David Shafer, have filed a lawsuit on the grounds that thousands of illegal and otherwise ineligible votes were allowed to count in the Nov. 3 election results in Georgia.
We show that votes were cast by and counted from individuals who were not registered to vote, individuals who registered to vote after the deadline and individuals who registered but were not old enough to vote. 3/15
— David Shafer (@DavidShafer) December 4, 2020
Among the irregularities alleged are votes that were cast by:
- 66,247 underage voters
- 2,560 felons
- 2,423 unregistered voters
- 4,926 individuals who voted in Georgia who were registered to vote in another state after their Georgia voter registration date
Importanly, Shafer points out the lawsuit does not have to prove Trump is the winner if the irregularities did not occur. But merely that there are “enough irregular ballots to place in doubt the result” (as the number of irregularities currently outnumber the margin of victory).
Less than 13,000 votes currently separate President Trump and Joe Biden in Georgia.
I have joined this lawsuit in my capacity as a registered voter and Republican candidate for Presidential Elector because I care about the integrity of our elections. I am not seeking reimbursement of my legal fees from the Georgia Republican Party or the Trump campaign. 15/15
— David Shafer (@DavidShafer) December 4, 2020
Read the filing in its entirety here.