WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has launched an investigation into alleged violations during Georgia’s 2018 election. In a letter sent to Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday, U.S. Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Jamie Raskins (D-MD) said their committee is concerned by reports “that Georgians faced unprecedented challenges with registering to vote and significant barriers to casting their vote during your tenure as secretary of state and during the 2018 election.”

Kemp narrowly defeated Democrat Stacey Abrams in the nation’s most watched governor’s race last fall. Kemp was serving as secretary of state during the race, a seat he had held for several years prior to successfully becoming Georgia’s new governor in November 2018. The election was marred by accusations of voter fraud and election mismanagement from both parties. Kemp argued that Abrams was attempting to secure the votes of improperly registered voters, while Abrams said Kemp was trying to suppress the minority vote.

Abrams was seeking to become the nation’s first African-American female governor, while Kemp was running to help maintain GOP dominance of every statewide elected office that it has enjoyed since 2002.

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The House committee has given Kemp and the state until March 20 to provide a number of election-related documents, including voter roll purges; voting machine problems in Cobb, Fulton and DeKalb counties; and documents related to alleged Democrat-involved efforts to hack the state’s voter registration system.

Read the committee’s letter to Gov. Brian Kemp here.

A similar letter has also been sent to new Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, which can be read here.

Kemp is proposing $150 million to purchase new voting machines. Georgia’s current electronic system is more than 20 years old.

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