Georgia State Election Board continues raising eyebrows with recent moves

For most of its life, the Georgia State Election Board has been a sleepy bureaucratic body little-known outside the State Capitol, charged with making rules to help carry out Georgia election law.

For most of its life, the Georgia State Election Board has been a sleepy bureaucratic body little-known outside the State Capitol, charged with making rules to help carry out Georgia election law.

That changed last year, when an emboldened Republican majority passed a slew of last-minute rule changes that drew legal challenges and national headlines just before the 2024 election.

This summer, the board has kept busy – with the Republican members taking a series of actions during July meetings that raised eyebrows among some election observers.Georgia State Election Board continues raising eyebrows with recent moves

That included taking some duties away from the nonpartisan chair and asking the Trump administration to get involved in resurrecting an investigation into Fulton County’s handling of the 2020 election.


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