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On Nov. 11, 2020, Great American Politics published a story with the headline Leftists Urging to Fake Residency in Georgia to Help Win U.S. Senate Election Run-Offs: The Federalist published a similar story, Democrats Openly Urge People To Commit Voter Fraud by Temporarily 'Moving' to Georgia: It is true that former 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang tweeted that Everyone who campaigned for Joe [Biden] should get ready to head to Georgia ahead of the Senate runoff elections, and he announced that he and his wife were moving to that state: However, Yang didn't encourage anyone to fake their residency or commit voter fraud by taking up temporary residence in Georgia just long enough to vote. He did, however, tweet about supporting the efforts of community organizers in Georgia to get out the vote among existing residents: As for Friedman, on Nov. 9, 2020, he appeared on CNN's Cuomo Prime Time and answered a question from Chris Cuomo (the interview is viewable in full here) in which he declared, I hope everybody moves to Georgia, you know, in the next month or two, and votes for these two Democratic senators: Friedman did not, however, specifically urge Democrats to move to Georgia temporarily just long enough to vote there, or to commit voter fraud by faking their residency status. The Wall Street Journal reported that it is legal to move to Georgia to vote in the runoff election, but that the last day to be registered for the Jan. 5 contests is Dec. 7. The WSJ also noted that the new resident also would have to stay in the state for a while or risk getting into trouble: Enrijeta Shino, a University of North Florida political science professor who has researched voting issues in Georgia, and who was quoted by the WSJ, warned that voting in the state without the intention of staying would be considered fraud.
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