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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorgia GOP take first steps to Fulton Cty elections takeover
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Georgia Republicans have taken the first step on their freshly blazed path toward a possible takeover of Fulton Countys elections.
A letter obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows two dozen state senators support a performance review of Fulton elections chief Richard Barron. The letter was written Tuesday, the very same day a front-page AJC story examined the prospect of a takeover of elections in Fulton, home to a tenth of all Georgians.
Were asking them to simply correct a record they say is easily corrected. Is it or isnt it? The people of Georgia deserve answers, wrote Republican Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller, who signed the letter.
As written into Senate Bill 202, the State Election Board can replace a countys election board following a performance review/audit/investigation. Then, a temporary superintendent would enjoy full managerial authority of how the county counts votes and staffs polling places.
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Georgia GOP take first steps to Fulton Cty elections takeover (Original Post)
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madaboutharry
(40,224 posts)1. They are fascists.
The Republican Party is anti-democracy. Nothing else needs to be said.
CrispyQ
(36,527 posts)2. They will read the DOJ's strongly worded PDF files & back off.
A little off topic, but what happened to the Fulton County DA election fraud investigation into Trump & his phone call to Raffensperger, "Find me X number of votes." I've searched but can only find stories from March & April. If the DA has dropped the case, can't the DOJ pick it up?
crickets
(25,983 posts)4. I've been wondering about that too.
No way that phone call should go unaddressed. No. Way.
ShazamIam
(2,575 posts)3. It is an updated version of the old literacy tests where the rules are as flexible as needed for the
end goal of reducing Democratic voters and votes.