A Democrat House candidate running for the Georgia General Assembly voted in both Nevada and Georgia primaries this year, casting two different votes in two different elections, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
According to records the AJC obtained through a public records request, David Dillie, the Democrat candidate for District 161, voted by absentee ballot in Nevada’s Republican primary election on June 9, roughly 2 1/2 years after he had moved back to Georgia.
District 161 includes a stretch of Savannah’s suburbs. According to AJC, Dillie is an aircraft mechanic at Gulfstream, a jet manufacturer based in Savannah.
Dillie is running against Republican Georgia state Rep. Bill Hitchens in the upcoming midterm election.
In an email to the Daily Signal, Dillie said he “officially left Nevada in 2024.”
“The last time I knowingly voted there was in the February 6, 2024, presidential primary,” he said.
According to Dillie, after he voted in that year’s presidential primary in Nevada, he returned to the Peach State.
“I moved back home to Georgia, where I was born, registered to vote, and have voted since. I believed my Nevada registration had been canceled when I moved and registered in Georgia,” he told the Daily Signal.
The Democrat said Nevada’s law allows for “active registered voters [to be] automatically mailed a ballot” to their “Nevada address for each election, unless they opt out.”
Election Integrity Concerns
Despite Dillie’s explanation denying wrongdoing, the report by the AJC raises questions about election integrity.
Mark Davis, president of Data Productions Inc., commented on the issue of double voting, telling the Daily Signal, “Double voting is a felony under Georgia law, Nevada law, and federal law, so these allegations have to be taken seriously.”
Hitchens, commenting on the news about Dillie specifically, said, “He should be embarrassed to be registered and voting in multiple states. That’s voter fraud and criminal behavior.”
Salleigh Grubbs, a member of Georgia’s State Election Board, also weighed in on the controversy.
“It distresses me that anyone, be it a candidate, an official office holder, or any citizen, would vote multiple times, be it inter- or intra-state. It should be one legal citizen, one legal vote, period.”
Further Investigation Is Necessary
Election integrity is an issue addressed primarily by state government, as overseen by the secretary of state’s office. Georgia’s secretary of state is Brad Raffensperger.
Ultimately, as Hitchens told the Daily Signal, “Elected officials should be absolutely held to the highest standard. …This is about breaking the laws. If he broke the law, there should be consequences.”
According to Davis, what needs to happen next is that both Georgia and Nevada should investigate.
“What needs to happen next is a thorough investigation in both states. If a case has not already been opened with the Georgia and Nevada secretaries of state, that should happen immediately,” Davis said.
Jacquelyn Harn, communications director at Greater Georgia, told the Daily Signal, “Dillie remaining on the ballot would be an insult to election integrity in Georgia.”
Dillie told the Daily Signal that he’s working with the proper election officials to address the situation.
“My Nevada registration has now been properly canceled, and we are working with the appropriate election officials to ensure the records are accurate and the matter is properly resolved,” he said.
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