Georgia's Fulton County has hired a team of independent monitors to observe its operations for this year's general election after a selection process that highlighted discord between the deeply Democratic county and a Donald Trump-endorsed majority on the State Election Board.
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's ruling party on Tuesday selected Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire ex-prime minister who is widely believed to be the country's most influential figure, as its lead candidate for a parliamentary election on Oct. 26, Georgian media reported.
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.
The Trump campaign says the decision to hold a debate watch party at a suburban Georgia gun shop was made in June, before the recent school shootings that left four dead.
A lawsuit arguing that county election board members in Georgia have the discretion to not certify election results has been dismissed on a technicality.
Several Georgia Democrats had called on the governor to investigate and remove three Republicans from the State Election Board.
President Biden became the first Democrat to win Georgia since former President Clinton. But in 2024, Republicans are fighting to regain the 16 Electoral College votes up for grabs.
The secretary of state did warn that rule changes approved by the elections board could delay vote tabulations.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp does not have an obligation to investigate members of the State Election Board who have come under fire for enacting last-minute changes to election procedures in this battleground state,
Georgia's secretary of state is touring the state to check on voting equipment and assure voters that the November election will be fair and secure, despite new doubts being raised by former President Trump.
Earlier this year, a new majority of far-right Republicans gained control of Georgia’s State Election Board. The votes taken since have prompted deep concern that the board is rewriting the rules of the game in a key swing state to disrupt certification of elections and favor former President Donald Trump.
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