Georgia’s secretary of state on Monday said that Republican Senator Lindsey Graham had asked him if it was possible to dump legal ballots, after President Donald Trump seeking a second term lost the red state, as per a Washington Post report.

Joe Biden became the first Democratic Presidential candidate to win the red state on the way to the White House after Bill Clinton in 1992. With 99% of the votes counted in the state, Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden leads the 45th President of the United States, Trump, by a margin of 14,156 votes. With both candidates failing to secure 50% of votes, a recount is now underway in the state. The results for the recount, however, will only be released after all 5 million ballots have been reviewed.

In an interview with the Washington Post, Brad Raffensperger stated that he was ‘stunned’ by the question. Graham had allegedly appeared to suggest that the secretary of state for Georgia find a way to reject legally cast absentee ballots. Raffensperger added, “It sure looked like he was wanting to go down that road.”

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He also expressed angst at the string of allegations labelled by Donald Trump and his allies on the integrity of the Georgia election results, as per Washington Post report.

The Georgia secretary of state added that he and his wife received death threats in the recent days and said, “You better not botch this recount. Your life depends on it.”

Raffensperger also talked about his conversation with Graham, who also touted President Trump’s claim about voting regularities. 

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In his conversation, Graham also questioned the secretary of state about Georgia’s signature-matching law and whether political bias had prompted polls workers to accept ballots with non-matching signatures. Republican Senator Graham also enquired if Raffensperger had power to dispose off all mail ballots in counties found to have higher rates of non matching signatures.

“It sure looked like he was wanting to go down that road,” Raffensperger said.