Trump allies on Georgia Election Board 'setting system up to fail'
3 months ago

Trump allies on Georgia Election Board 'setting system up to fail'

Raw Story  

Forty-five days before U.S. elections and less than a month before early voting begins, former President Donald Trump's allies on the Georgia State Election Board on Friday passed a rule requiring county officials in the key swing state to count all ballots by hand, a move one expert said could "be exploited by election deniers" like Trump, the 2024 Republican nominee. Trump, who lost Georgia to President Joe Biden by less than half a percentage point in 2020, infamously asked Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes" in his favor. "By mandating hand counts that can magnify discrepancies and potentially delay results, the Georgia State Election Board has taken another dangerous step to create doubt in our election process where there should be none," Kristin Nabers, Georgia state director at the advocacy group All Voting Is Local—which warned that the board is "purposely setting up system to fail"—said in a statement Friday. "Georgia, Texas, Montana, and Iowa have added new voter-restriction policies such as shortening early voting windows, requiring new voter registration if voters don't participate in the previous election, forbidding automatic mailing absentee ballot applications, and requiring IDs at the polls," the group noted.

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New GA rules still in play with Harris-Trump election showdown now fast and furious
2 months ago

New GA rules still in play with Harris-Trump election showdown now fast and furious

Raw Story  

The ongoing fight over the recent attempted makeover of how counties run elections by the Georgia State Election Board could be left up to the state’s highest court to decide whether the panel overstepped its authority. The GOP’s lawyers aim to overturn a Fulton County judge’s ruling Wednesday that blocks the State Election Board from enacting several new rules for …

Judge rejects Georgia rule that could have delayed election by requiring hand count of ballots
2 months, 1 week ago

Judge rejects Georgia rule that could have delayed election by requiring hand count of ballots

Salon  

A county judge in Georgia on Tuesday blocked a new rule passed by the GOP-controlled State Elections Board that would have mandated a hand count of ballots. Related Trump called two GOP officials before they tried to rescind their votes to certify election results In a statement, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign praised the judge's decision, saying that "this rule …

Georgia judges rebuke GOP-led state election board on certification and hand counts
2 months, 1 week ago

Georgia judges rebuke GOP-led state election board on certification and hand counts

NPR  

Georgia judges rebuke GOP-led state election board on certification and hand counts toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP ATLANTA — Local election board members in Georgia can't refuse to certify results, and a controversial new rule on the hand-counting of Election Day ballots is barred, according to a series of decisions from two state judges. In the first ruling, on Tuesday, Fulton …

Election 'gadfly' is singlehandedly injecting chaos into Georgia vote: experts
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Election 'gadfly' is singlehandedly injecting chaos into Georgia vote: experts

Raw Story  

A longtime conspiracy theorist who filed unsuccessful legal challenges to Donald Trump's election loss has grabbed the ear of Georgia officials who will oversee this November's vote, according to a report. Garland Favorito, who published a book in the early 2000s filled with debunked theories on the Sept. 11 attacks and John F. Kennedy's assassination, pushed for new rules later …

After months of rewriting rules, Georgia election board meets once more before November
2 months, 2 weeks ago

After months of rewriting rules, Georgia election board meets once more before November

Raw Story  

An investigation into allegations that several county election boards are failing to properly investigate challenges disputing voter eligibility is on the agenda of the controversial Georgia State Election Board on Tuesday. The State Election Board will hold its final scheduled meeting Tuesday ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, where rules adopted by three members loyal to former President Donald …

How Trump Is Already Setting The Groundwork To Challenge The 2024 Election Results If He Loses
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How Trump Is Already Setting The Groundwork To Challenge The 2024 Election Results If He Loses

Huff Post  

With a month and change to go before the election, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his allies are already laying the groundwork to contest the results of the 2024 election if he loses by engaging in a false campaign around the threat of noncitizen voting. Melissa Sue Gerrits via Getty Images In the absence of any actual evidence of …

GA election board probes handling of mass voter challenges in eight Democrat-led counties
3 months ago

GA election board probes handling of mass voter challenges in eight Democrat-led counties

Raw Story  

The Georgia State Election Board voted Monday to investigate claims that several county election boards are failing to properly investigate challenges disputing voter eligibility. Three State Election Board members loyal to former President Donald Trump agreed to request that the board’s executive director look into whether eight election boards in counties led by Democrats are improperly dismissing complaints questioning if …

Georgia’s GOP-led elections board OKs controversial voting change that local officials warned against
3 months ago

Georgia’s GOP-led elections board OKs controversial voting change that local officials warned against

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This board needs to take seriously the guidance that we’ve received from the attorney …

A Last-Minute Effort to Mess With the 2024 Vote Is Underway. It’s Scarier Than Expected.
54 years, 11 months ago

A Last-Minute Effort to Mess With the 2024 Vote Is Underway. It’s Scarier Than Expected.

Slate  

With early voting already underway, one might think that the rules of the game for November’s election are set, and that it will all just come down to turnout, as the cliché goes. There, the state election board, which is dominated by Trumpian election-deniers, has enacted a series of last-minute rule changes that could muck up the timing of ballot …

'Off the deep end': MAGA-controlled election board ruling stuns lawmakers and experts
3 months ago

'Off the deep end': MAGA-controlled election board ruling stuns lawmakers and experts

Raw Story  

A MAGA-controlled board's new mandate that Georgia ballots be hand-counted stunned journalists, lawmakers, legal experts and Americans who fear "chaos" and a "legal coup" just 46 days before the presidential election. While MSNBC host Chris Hayes condemned the decision as "crazy on the merits" and "transparently an attempt at sabotage," Former Fox News producer and conservative influencer Kyle Becker called …

Georgia election officials warn of chaos as Trump allies push changes ahead of November
3 months ago

Georgia election officials warn of chaos as Trump allies push changes ahead of November

Raw Story  

The Georgia State Election Board is set to vote Friday on several election rules that have raised red flags among voting rights organizations, Democrats and county election officials in advance of the November general election. The Democratic Party of Georgia, the left-leaning voting rights group Fair Fight Action, and nonpartisan election officials are expressing concerns that several rules on Friday’s …

Georgia election board requires ballots be hand-counted despite warning from key GOP state officials
3 months ago

Georgia election board requires ballots be hand-counted despite warning from key GOP state officials

CNN  

CNN — Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a controversial new rule Friday requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day, despite bipartisan objections from election officials and poll workers. These conclusions echo concerns raised by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who has previously …

Georgia State Election Board majority, praised by Trump, approves rule requiring hand count of ballots
3 months ago

Georgia State Election Board majority, praised by Trump, approves rule requiring hand count of ballots

LA Times  

Georgia’s State Election Board on Friday voted to approve a new rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand after voting is completed, a change that critics worry could delay the reporting of election night results. Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger last month called the hand-counting rule “misguided,” saying it would delay the …

How Georgia’s pro-Trump election board could help him steal an election
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How Georgia’s pro-Trump election board could help him steal an election

The Independent  

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GA election officials pass 'election deniers' rule they said was illegal back in May
3 months, 3 weeks ago

GA election officials pass 'election deniers' rule they said was illegal back in May

Raw Story  

The members of the Georgia State Election Board could not have been clearer. “You run counter to both the federal and the state law,” said Ed Lindsey, a Republican board member and attorney who practices election law, to the woman who proposed the rule. “I went and I talked to the lawmakers,” she said, “and they didn’t see anything wrong …

Judge says 4 independent and third-party candidates should be kept off Georgia presidential ballots
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge says 4 independent and third-party candidates should be kept off Georgia presidential ballots

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. ATLANTA — A judge ruled Monday that four independent and third-party candidates are ineligible to appear on Georgia’s presidential ballot, although the final decision will be up to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. In the Kennedy, West and De la Cruz cases, Malihi agreed with arguments made by the …

GA board's pro-Trump wing gives local officials the power to delay election certification
4 months ago

GA board's pro-Trump wing gives local officials the power to delay election certification

Raw Story  

The Georgia State Election Board Monday finalized a rule Monday that gives local officials more power to dispute certifying election results by adopting a new ballot counting policy that critics contend could disrupt the presidential election in November. Critics claim that Republican state election board members are making it easier to contest Georgia’s election results if Trump once again fails …

High-ranked swing state Republican delivers 'blow' to Trump-blessed election board: Report
4 months ago

High-ranked swing state Republican delivers 'blow' to Trump-blessed election board: Report

Raw Story  

A high-ranking Georgia Republican delivered a blow to the Trump-backed state election board in his state, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein reported Monday. Attorney General Chris Carr told Georgia election board officials in a new ruling that he will not be reopening an investigation into the recount of Fulton County ballots in 2020, Bluestein reported. "The State Election Board is …

Revealed: Election deniers secretly pushed rule to delay certification
4 months ago

Revealed: Election deniers secretly pushed rule to delay certification

Raw Story  

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. The State Election Board’s Monday meeting comes on the heels of a vote less than two weeks before that empowered county election board members to conduct “reasonable inquiry” into allegations of voting irregularities. “The whole rule is to safeguard everybody’s vote,” she said, and to make sure that “nobody’s vote gets watered down …

Georgia election board’s right-wing faction revisits Fulton’s 2020 presidential election
4 months, 1 week ago

Georgia election board’s right-wing faction revisits Fulton’s 2020 presidential election

Raw Story  

A trio of conservative members of the Georgia State Election Board agreed Wednesday to further investigate Fulton County’s 2020 presidential election law violations despite warnings from fellow board members that their decision was illegal. In a 3-2 vote Wednesday, right-wing GOP Georgia election board members Rick Jeffares, Janice Johnston and Janelle King voted to report findings from the Fulton investigation …

Georgia officials push through right-wing Republican election rules
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Georgia officials push through right-wing Republican election rules

Raw Story  

The Georgia State Election Board pushed through proposed right-wing Republican election rules Tuesday that have sparked fierce debates over giving county officials greater authority to refuse to certify voter tallies. That included the significant rule adopted Tuesday that allows local election boards members to exercise their discretion of “reasonable inquiry” to review documents and other election-related information prior to voting …

Georgia election board says counties can do more to investigate election results
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Georgia election board says counties can do more to investigate election results

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s State Election Board voted Tuesday to require county election officials to make a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying election results to the state, signaling that fights about approving election results could intensify this November in the South’s premier battleground state. “Why one would not want to assume there is some oversight?” asked State Election Board member Janice Johnston, …

Georgia election board rolls back some actions after a lawsuit claimed its meeting was illegal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Georgia election board rolls back some actions after a lawsuit claimed its meeting was illegal

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Georgia State Election Board, which has become embroiled in conflict over how the state administers elections, voted Tuesday to redo some of its actions amid a lawsuit accusing it of meeting illegally. The board voted 5-0 on Tuesday to debate again on Aug. 6 a pair of proposed rules sought by Republicans that three members advanced on …

Trump-friendly panel shapes Georgia’s election rules at long, often chaotic meetings
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump-friendly panel shapes Georgia’s election rules at long, often chaotic meetings

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Georgia State Election Board, which once toiled in relative obscurity, now hosts raucous meetings where public comment spans several hours and attendees regularly heckle its members. Months after Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger defended the 2020 election results, lawmakers from his own party removed him as chair of the State Election Board in a move …

Critics charge GOP Georgia election board members violated state laws in rushed meeting
5 months, 1 week ago

Critics charge GOP Georgia election board members violated state laws in rushed meeting

Raw Story  

The three GOP members of the Georgia State Election Board convened an emergency meeting Friday to press forward with several new election rules in a rush to have new procedures in place for the November election, sparking accusations of state open meetings law violations. Sara Tindall Ghazal, a Democratic Party election board member, challenged her fellow board members’ decision before …

Georgia Republican tries to "set the stage" for a November election challenge, won't certify primary
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Georgia Republican tries to "set the stage" for a November election challenge, won't certify primary

Salon  

A Republican member of the election board in Georgia's Fulton County is refusing to certify May 21 primary election results, demanding that she first be given unusual access to “essential election materials and processes." Adams has asserted that “the board has not and clearly should be monitoring our elections," and that "it’s time to fix the problems in our elections.” …

Parts of Georgia grand jury's Trump report released
1 year, 10 months ago

Parts of Georgia grand jury's Trump report released

The Hindu  

Parts of a report by a special grand jury that investigated whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia have been made public. State and federal officials, including Mr. Trump’s attorney general, have consistently said the election was secure and there was no evidence of significant fraud. — …

Revealed: Georgia Republicans '100%' behind Trump's push to toss election results
1 year, 10 months ago

Revealed: Georgia Republicans '100%' behind Trump's push to toss election results

Raw Story  

Newly unearthed call logs show that Republican state legislators in Georgia were eager and willing to help former President Donald Trump toss out their state's 2020 election results. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that call logs unearthed by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots show that Trump's campaign called more than 100 GOP state legislators to gauge …

GOP's Georgia challenge: Persuading Trump backers to vote
2 years, 2 months ago

GOP's Georgia challenge: Persuading Trump backers to vote

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This effort is about amplifying Georgia’s voices and …

How efforts by Trump allies could suppress Georgia's midterm voters
2 years, 3 months ago

How efforts by Trump allies could suppress Georgia's midterm voters

Raw Story  

On August 29, eight cartons of notarized paperwork challenging 25,000 voter registrations were delivered by pro-Donald Trump “election integrity” activists to Gwinnett County’s election offices in suburban Atlanta. We will not be bullied by these underhanded tactics.” Bogus Attack on Absentee Voting The voter challenges concern three areas, said Zach Manifold, Gwinnett County election supervisor, who patiently explained why most …

Election leaders urge openness to dispel misinformation
2 years, 5 months ago

Election leaders urge openness to dispel misinformation

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The key to dispelling conspiracy theories and misinformation about how elections are run is to confront the lies head on, top state election officials said Wednesday. “When it comes to election results, it’s really pretty simple,” said Blake Evans, state elections director for Georgia. Unfortunately, usually under that kind of formula, there’s going to be slightly less …

Georgia officials fact-check an infamous Trump phone call in real time
2 years, 6 months ago

Georgia officials fact-check an infamous Trump phone call in real time

NPR  

Georgia officials fact-check an infamous Trump phone call in real time Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Reynolds/Getty Images Michael Reynolds/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump famously pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to overturn the state's presidential election result in a January 2021 phone call that lasted more than an hour. "So there were no …

Why Local Election Officials In Georgia Take Issue With Many Parts Of New Law
3 years, 8 months ago

Why Local Election Officials In Georgia Take Issue With Many Parts Of New Law

NPR  

Why Local Election Officials In Georgia Take Issue With Many Parts Of New Law Enlarge this image toggle caption Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images Three weeks after it was signed into law, local election officials in Georgia are still trying to understand all the implications of the state's controversial election overhaul. "The vast majority of …

Georgia prosecutor investigating Trump call urges patience
3 years, 9 months ago

Georgia prosecutor investigating Trump call urges patience

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Georgia prosecutor investigating potential efforts by Donald Trump and others to influence last year’s general election has a message for people who are eager to see whether the former president will be charged: Be patient. Her office confirmed that the probe includes a call in which Trump urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough …

Georgia investigating Trump call pressuring secretary of state to “find” votes, overturn election
3 years, 10 months ago

Georgia investigating Trump call pressuring secretary of state to “find” votes, overturn election

Salon  

On Monday, the state of Georgia opened an investigation into former President Donald Trump's phone call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger pressuring him to "find 11,780 votes" to overturn his loss in the state. Trump pressured Raffensperger on the call to "find" him enough votes to reverse his narrow loss in the traditionally red state days before the deadly …

Georgia campaign: Trump, Biden host rally for crucial Senate races
3 years, 11 months ago

Georgia campaign: Trump, Biden host rally for crucial Senate races

Live Mint  

Donald Trump, still scheming to reverse his election defeat and lashing out at Republicans opposing his efforts, converged with President-elect Joe Biden in Georgia on Monday for dueling rallies on the eve of two runoffs that will decide control of the US Senate. The president's presence is provocative in that he has described Georgia's election process as "illegal and invalid," …

Republican Infighting Threatens GOP Chances In Georgia Senate Runoffs
4 years ago

Republican Infighting Threatens GOP Chances In Georgia Senate Runoffs

NPR  

Republican Infighting Threatens GOP Chances In Georgia Senate Runoffs Enlarge this image toggle caption Megan Varner/Getty Images Megan Varner/Getty Images Updated at 10:42 a.m. ET Campaigning in Georgia's two Senate runoffs is well underway, but Republicans are still fighting over the state's November election and casting doubt on its voting system without evidence. "We are going to suppress our own …

Georgia’s hand tally of presidential race nears end
4 years, 1 month ago

Georgia’s hand tally of presidential race nears end

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Election officials across Georgia were expected to complete a hand tally of the presidential race Wednesday night, which would allow state officials to begin the process of certifying the election results, a top elections official said. The hand count is meant to ensure that the state’s new election machines accurately tabulated the votes and isn’t expected to change …

Georgia elections chief battles fellow Republicans, Trump
4 years, 1 month ago

Georgia elections chief battles fellow Republicans, Trump

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s secretary of state is a man on an island, and the political flood is rising fast as President Donald Trump and his allies vent their outrage at the fellow Republican and make unsupported claims that mismanagement and fraud tainted the state’s presidential election. Trump spent the weekend attacking Brad Raffensperger on social media, at one point calling …

Georgia secretary of state claims Senator Lindsey Graham asked about tossing US election ballots
4 years, 1 month ago

Georgia secretary of state claims Senator Lindsey Graham asked about tossing US election ballots

Firstpost  

Brad Raffensperger made the comments to The Washington Post, saying he’s faced rising pressure from fellow Republicans who want to see Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow lead in the state reverse Atlanta: Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger said Monday that Senator Lindsey Graham asked him whether he had the power to reject certain absentee ballots, a question he interpreted as …

Georgia official: Senator ‘implied’ throwing out legal votes
4 years, 1 month ago

Georgia official: Senator ‘implied’ throwing out legal votes

Al Jazeera  

Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has accused Senator Lindsey Graham, a Trump backer, of suggesting the state toss out legal ballots during the state’s presidential recount. The secretary also called US Representative Doug Collins, who is running Trump’s Georgia recount effort, a “liar”. Collins, responding to Raffensperger’s “liar” label, fired back Monday on Twitter: “In a year of …

Georgia counties prepare for hand tally of presidential race
4 years, 1 month ago

Georgia counties prepare for hand tally of presidential race

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — As Georgia counties prepare for a hand tally of the presidential race, the state’s top elections official planned to quarantine after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said Thursday. “The point of the audit is to show the machines counted the ballots fairly,” said Gabriel Sterling, who oversaw the implementation of the state’s new voting …

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