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Pro-Trump Georgia election board wants legislature to clear path for mass voter challenges
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Trump Georgia election board wants legislature to clear path for mass voter challenges

Raw Story  

Georgia State Election Board officials will seek assistance from the state Legislature to establish clearer guidelines for maintaining accurate voter lists following a tense debate Tuesday over mass voter challenges. State Election Board Executive Director Mike Coan presented findings of an investigation into voter challenges in several metro Atlanta counties, revealing systematic denials, particularly of challenges filed in large batches. …

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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 …

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New rules from GOP-majority election board could cause disarray in battleground Georgia
3 months, 2 weeks ago

New rules from GOP-majority election board could cause disarray in battleground Georgia

CNN  

Atlanta CNN — The once-wonky Georgia State Election Board has burst into the limelight this year as a new Republican majority – made up of a retired obstetrician, a former state senator who put out feelers for a Trump administration job and a right-wing media personality – push ahead with new rules that could create chaos in November. But she …

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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 …

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'Political theater': Dems call for removal of Trump loyalists on Georgia Election Board
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Political theater': Dems call for removal of Trump loyalists on Georgia Election Board

Raw Story  

Several Democratic Georgia lawmakers, religious and civil rights leaders implored Gov. Brian Kemp Monday to remove three Donald Trump loyalist State Election Board members accused of holding an illegal meeting and enacting illegal election rules over the last several weeks. The fallout from a July Georgia State Election Board meeting continues to play out with the recent filing of a …

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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 …

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GA board’s right-wing faction demands further investigation of Fulton’s 2020 election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

GA board’s right-wing faction demands further investigation of Fulton’s 2020 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 …

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In a 2020 flashback, Georgia’s GOP-aligned election board wants to reinvestigate election results
4 months, 2 weeks ago

In a 2020 flashback, Georgia’s GOP-aligned election board wants to reinvestigate election results

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Four years after the 2020 election, a newly GOP-aligned election board in Georgia is pushing to reinvestigate the state’s largest county for its handling of the vote. Georgia’s State Election Board voted 3-2 Wednesday to ask state Attorney General Chris Carr to investigate the Fulton County government, seeking to reopen an inquiry closed in May. Fulton County’s election …

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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Watchdog sues Georgia election board charging Republican faction violated laws
5 months ago

Watchdog sues Georgia election board charging Republican faction violated laws

Raw Story  

A government watchdog organization is accusing the Georgia State Election Board of violating the Georgia Open Meetings Act by holding a meeting on short notice to advance election rule changes ahead of the Nov. 5 election. American Oversight filed a lawsuit Friday in Fulton County Superior Court accusing conservative appointed election board members Rick Jeffares, Janice Johnston, and Janelle King …

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