Georgia Secretary of State Threatens to Remove Election Board After It Appoints New Leader

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger threatened to remove Fulton County's entire elections board after a new leader was appointed in spite of his opposition, the Associated Press reported.

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted to make Cathy Woolard, a former Atlanta City Council president, chair for the county's Board of Registration and Elections.

Raffensperger called Woolard's instatement a "blatantly political appointment" since she had enrolled as a lobbyist for the Fair Fight Action group started by Democrat Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost a race for governor against Republican Brian Kemp in 2018. He said in a press release that he would attempt to remove the elections board by invoking a provision in a new Georgia election law.

"Fulton County needs to think again before appointing someone who is bought and paid for by Stacey Abrams to run elections in Fulton County," Raffensperger said in the release, adding that it would "do incredible damage to the already terrible reputation Fulton has for running elections."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-secretary-of-state-threatens-to-remove-election-board-after-it-appoints-new-leader/ar-AAOwiBe

[Fullduplexxx]

1. Oh yeah let's let republicans run it

Arent they the ones who said the republicans get to decide if the county 's election was a fair one and if they feel it wasnt they get to throw out the ballots?

[lagomorph777]

2. And so it begins. The dismantling of elections in Georgia.

Raffensperger was briefly an American, but has now given that up.

[ColinC]

3. And the fact that he can do that is more reason why we need to pass voting rights IMMEDIATELY

[ColinC]

9. Unfortunately this is so true

[gratuitous]

4. I guess there are limitations to Republicans' love of local control

Are those county sheriffs who vow not to enforce state laws (like, say, firearm regulation) subject to the same consideration? If not, why not?

[Thomas Hurt]

5. yeah dammit, they should have elected someone bought and paid for by the GOP...

[sdfernando]

6. So basically they can only appoint someone that has been "pre-approved"

by the GQP SOS? All hail the King!

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. The legislature is in the process of firing the entire board and running Fulton co. themselves

So this may be a last gasp gesture by the board…

[Qutzupalotl]

11. "Bought and paid for" by noted billionaire Stacey Abrams