Georgia’s State Election Board appointed a panel to investigate past elections in Fulton County, taking a step toward a possible takeover of election operations in the state’s most populous county
if it was deemed to have chronic mismanagement or fraud problems.
Democrats say the new laws are an effort to restrict Democratic votes, and the Biden administration is suing the state over the new law. At the request of Republican state lawmakers, the State Election Board appointed a panel to investigate Fulton County’s elections. The bipartisan panel is composed of two local election officials and one official from the Georgia secretary of state’s office.To Read the Full Story
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