Georgia State Election Board Empowers Panel to Review Voting Irregularity in Fulton County

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The State Election Board of Georgia approved the creation of a three-person review panel to investigate voting irregularity in Fulton County, Georgia, yesterday. Fulton County is the state’s largest.

A Democratic bastion and home to metro Atlanta, Fulton county accounted for about 11% of the state’s votes in November 2020.

The panel created by the State Election Board consists of Stephen Day, a Democratic official from Gwinnett County; Ricky Kittle, a Republican official from Catoosa County; and Ryan Germany, general counsel for the secretary of state’s office,

Republican lawmakers who requested the review said they did so to ensure Fulton County officials were following state voting laws and regulations. Under a new election law in the state the panel is empowered to conduct a thorough investigation of equipment, registrations and elections.

Fulton County has been the target of voter integrity activists who say some of the most egregious irregularities in the November election took place there.

Garland Favorito, the head of VoterGA, an election integrity organization, is spearheading a lawsuit that would allow nearly 150,000 absentee ballots cast in Fulton County in the November election to be scanned at a higher resolution than is required under state guidelines. The higher resolution would allow for a more thorough inspection of the ballots.

The next court date in the case is scheduled for September 20th.

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