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ABC News posted a short video on October 26, 2026, titled “Brad Raffensperger talks Georgia election security.” In the clip description, the network said Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger discusses election security and the political battle in Georgia as Election Day nears. The item was posted the same day it was dated, making October 26, 2026 the event date for this coverage. ([abcnews.com](https://abcnews.com/video/137581707/?utm_source=openai))

Georgia’s own election pages place the 2026 general election on November 3, 2026 and direct voters to official tools for registration status, polling-location lookup, absentee ballots, and early-voting information. The secretary of state’s election pages also list key deadlines, including the absentee-ballot request deadline of October 23 and the last day for advance in-person voting on October 30. Those pages support the narrow point that the ABC interview landed in the final stretch before Election Day, but they do not by themselves prove any broader statewide campaign beyond routine election administration. ([georgia.gov](https://georgia.gov/georgia-general-election-2026?utm_source=openai))

Raffensperger’s office has separately framed election integrity as an ongoing administrative project. On August 12, 2026, the Georgia secretary of state announced a bipartisan Election Integrity Task Force and said, in that release, that election security begins well before Election Day. The release says the task force is intended to examine election administration, transparency, misinformation, and county compliance, and to help strengthen public confidence in Georgia’s elections. ([sos.ga.gov](https://sos.ga.gov/news/secretary-raffensperger-launches-bipartisan-election-integrity-task-force?utm_source=openai))

That background helps explain why an interview about election security would be newsworthy, but it should not be stretched into claims the record does not establish. The retrieved sources do not show a new Georgia voting-system failure, and they do not document a new incident that the ABC interview was reacting to. They also do not resolve the broader partisan dispute over how much visible security messaging helps or harms public trust. What they do show is a familiar pattern: Georgia’s top election official used a national TV platform to talk about election security in the closing days before a general election, while state websites continued to steer voters toward deadlines and logistics for November 3. ([abcnews.com](https://abcnews.com/video/137581707/?utm_source=openai))