Raffensperger says the viral video of alleged voter fraud is “obviously fake” and likely shows foreign interference in Georgia's election

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Thursday the state is a target of election disinformation, pointing to a viral video alleging voter fraud that he said could be the result of foreign interference.

The original video posted on the social media platform on Thursday

Raffensperger, the top election official in the battleground state, said the video was “obviously fake” and intended to raise illegitimate concerns about Georgia's election process. He said he was working with state officials and federal authorities to “combat” the video and “determine the origin of it.”

“Today our office became aware of a video purporting to show a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia IDs claiming to have voted multiple times,” Raffensperger said in a statement. “This is false and an example of the targeted disinformation we saw in this election.”

“CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) is currently investigating,” Raffensperger said. “In the meantime, we ask Elon Musk and the leadership of other social media platforms to take this down. This is obviously a fake and part of a disinformation effort. It’s probably a product of Russian troll farms.”

CNN reached out to the X account that apparently posted the video on Thursday, asking for information and context on the content. The account has been active on Twitter since 2009.

Former CISA director Chris Krebs also attributed the video to “more nonsense from Russian troll farms.”

“Expect a deluge of pure nonsense like this in the next few weeks,” he continued.

Amy Kremer, who has a seat on the Republican National Committee, shared the video on

Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer in Georgia's secretary of state's office, blasted Kremer on social media for sharing the video.

“No responsible person would retweet this ridiculously obvious lie and disinformation. Those who do so act to further the efforts of America's enemies and undermine our nation's security. “The judgment of those who share this should be questioned in all things,” Sterling said on X.

Raffensperger said Thursday: “As Americans, we cannot allow our enemies to use lies to divide us and undermine our trust in our institutions – or in each other.”

Over half of Georgia voters have already cast their ballots as early voter turnout nationwide broke previous records set in 2020.