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STATE The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.comMidweek Edition - September 9-10, 2020 9A Election heads investigate ‘potential double voting’ BY KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA — Georgia’s top elections official said Tuesday that his office has identified about 1,000 cases of “potential double voting” in the June primary election — a felony he’s determined to see prosecuted. These voters submitted absentee ballots but also voted in person, a problem that happened across 100 Georgia counties, and elec tion officials didn’t catch them in time to keep the second votes from being tal lied, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said. “No one gets to vote twice. Everyone gets one vote,” Raffensperger said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the outcome of any races may have been affected. The revelation follows a suggestion last week by President Donald Trump that people who vote early by mail should show up at their local polling places on Election Day and vote again if their ballots haven’t been counted. The president said in a series of tweets Thursday that voters who submitted absentee ballots should go to their polling site to “see whether or not your Mail In Vote has been Tabulated (Counted). If it has you will not be able to Vote & the Mail In System worked properly.” Election officials warned this could cause further dis ruption and long lines on an Election Day already com plicated by the coronavirus pandemic. Raffensperger said his office’s investigators will hand the findings over to the state attorney general and local district attorneys for possible prosecution. Double voting is a felony that is pun ishable by one to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000, Raffensperger said. “A double voter knows exactly what they are doing, diluting the votes of each and every voter that follows the law,” Raffensperger said. He said repeatedly dur ing a news conference that those 1,000 voters intention ally cast two ballots, know ing they had submitted an absentee ballot but still showing up to vote. But when he was pressed on that point, Raffensperger didn’t pro vide any evidence of voter intent to game the system, other than mentioning one voter in Long County who he said bragged about voting twice. The American Civil Lib erties Union of Georgia on Tuesday offered legal assis tance to voters accused of voting twice or for anything else related to voting. “The ACLU of Georgia is at the forefront of protect ing everyone’s sacred right to vote,” executive direc tor Andrea Young said in an emailed statement. “We want every Georgia citizen to know that if you are being threatened with prosecution for exercising your right to vote, please contact us immediately.” Extra virus safeguards planned for overturned ship removal BY RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH - Workers coming to the Georgia coast to cut apart and remove a giant cargo ship that over turned a year ago will be sequestered at a nearby resort, which will close to the public for up to four months, in an effort to prevent coro navirus infections among the salvage team. Tuesday marked a year since the South Korean freighter Golden Ray cap sized off St. Simons Island soon after leaving port on Sept. 8, 2019. Experts deter mined the ship was too badly damaged to be floated out intact, so they plan to slice it into eight massive pieces for removal by barge. Cutting on the ship had been scheduled to begin in late July, but was delayed after nine workers tested positive for COVID-19. The multi-agency command overseeing the salvage opted to delay until after August and September, typically the most active months of the Atlantic hurricane season. The salvage team still hopes to begin the cut ting in early October, said Coast Guard Petty Offi cer 2nd Class Michael Himes, a spokesman for the command. Himes confirmed the com mand has booked the resort Epworth by the Sea to keep about 100 salvage work ers housed in a “bubble” for a four-month period. The resort will be closed to the general public Sept. 22 through Jan. 21. Its website says it has lodging for 1,000 overnight guests. The Bruns wick News first reported the plan, citing a letter by Epworth CEO Joel Willis. “Once we start cutting, the ship gets more vulnerable and there’s a lot of different factors that could impact the schedule,” Himes said. “The one we think we can have the best control over is COVID-19.” First, all arriving crew members will be housed at a hotel for a 14-day quaran tine period to ensure they’re not infectious before being transferred to the resort, Himes said. Even after that, they will be subjected to daily temperature checks and other safety protocols. SWEEPSTAKES! STARTING SEPTEMBER 7# 1020 TO SEPTEMBER 28# 2020 One National Grand Prize Winner will receive Up to $3,500 towards Holiday Gifts! 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