Now to a Channel 2 Action News investigation.
Georgia Secretary of State wants changes to Georgia S law
to better protect against foreign interference in our elections.
Channel 2 investigative reporter Justin Gray live now at the
state Capitol at.
Justin, you talked to the Secretary of State about his
concerns.
What can you tell us?
Yeah, George. Brad Raffensberger wants a clear and Georgia law
that no foreign money should make its way into campaign
accounts.
And he also wants better regulation,
better monitoring a political consultants and political lobbyists if they're
getting any foreign money.
We want to make sure that there's no foreign financing
of any campaign or elections.
Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger pushing this legislation,
Senate Bill 368, that would prevent foreign money from going
to candidates and campaigns in some states.
A federal loophole has allowed foreign companies to advocate against
or for state ballot measures.
You also have people that could come from a foreign
entity helping to fund a candidate through,
you know, shell corporation SB368.
Not only it prohibits foreign sources of funding from being
used to influence elections,
including. Ballot measures. But since new state requirements for lobbyists
and consultants requiring them to register and disclose any work
they are doing for foreign companies and governments and any
money they are being paid by those interests,
we have, you know, lots of lobbyists here and also
consultants that are working for American companies.
But if you work for a foreign entity,
we believe you should be registered.
We have prohibitions at the federal level.
We need to have those prohibitions here at the state
level.
10 Co sponsors in the Senate Next step forward is
a review in the Senate Ethics Committee reporting live at
the State capital.
Justin Great Channel 2 Action News.