Brad Raffensperger endorses doubling election investigators to hire agents devoted to election inquiries, saying it would provide greater confidence. The move is another slap at the embattled Raffensperger, who has been under fire by former President Dona

ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is for the first time endorsing a separate agency hiring election investigators, a plan that will overlap what the Republican says is his own underfunded investigation unit.

Raffensperger made the announcement Monday as he also called on Georgia leaders to do more to provide security at polling places and election offices, including sending state troopers to stand guard against disturbances.

House Speaker David Ralston of Blue Ridge and Gov. Brian Kemp, both Republicans, have been backing a plan for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation