ATLANTA — Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue promised Thursday to establish a new police force to investigate election fraud if elected governor of Georgia, marking the Republican's latest attempt to energize Donald Trump supporters by channeling GOP fury over the 2020 results.
Perdue also said he'd require election results to be "independently audited" before they're certified, taking a swipe at Gov. Brian Kemp for not delaying the process. The governor was bound by law to certify the 2020 election, which ended with a slim Joe Biden victory over Trump.
The proposal to create an "Election Law Enforcement Division" in Georgia echoed a plan unveiled this week by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to establish a first-of-its-kind police force that has infuriated voting rights advocates.
