Ruling beats back a lawsuit by a Republican election board member linked to an election denialist organization
Election certification is a mandatory duty, not discretionary, for county election officials inĀ Georgia, a judge ruled on Tuesday, rejecting assertions made by aĀ Republican elections official that elections board members could refuse to certify an election based on their suspicions of fraud or error.
Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton county board of registration and elections, brought theĀ suitĀ earlier this year after abstaining from a vote to certify the May primary election. TheĀ America First Policy Institute, a legal thinktank that was formed by formerĀ Donald Trump advisers in the wake of Trumpās 2020 election loss to help lay legal groundwork for his potential return to office, joined the suit.
Adams refused certification after claiming she had been denied access to a long list of elections documents. But Robert McBurney, Fulton county superior court judge, ruled that Adams was entitled to review documents quickly, but failing to provide those documents was not grounds for denying the certification of an election.
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The fact that weāre already in litigation re election certification, before the election, should be bone chilling.
Seriously. The damage Trumpās fragile ego has done to our nation is incalculable but undermining the integrity of our free elections is at the top of the list. I fear Iāll never see a Presidential election where a Republican will concede their loss without throwing a hissy fit in the courts ever again.
And if Trump wins in November, I definitely wonāt, because as he said at a rally in July, āGet out and vote! Just this time. You wonāt have to do it anymore! Four more years, you know what? Itāll be fixed, itāll be fine, you wonāt have to vote anymore."
it is better to have it sorted before than having the chaos ensued after. and with good result nonetheless, under the circumstances, what more could you wish for?
Oh this isnāt over. SCOTUS will hear it before itās done.