Trump allies already "successfully disenfranchising voters," advocate says, warning of "rogue actors" in November
The state and national Democratic parties filed suit this week to block two recent rules adopted by Georgia’s State Election Board that could be used by county officials who want to refuse to certify an election,
Democrats, with the backing of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, sued to block controversial new election rules in Georgia that they warned could lead to post-election “chaos” in the presidential battleground state in November.
The Trump-approved board members also voted on Aug. 7 to reinvestigate the 2020 election, despite a caution by the governor-appointed board chairman that they may be breaking the law. Multiple counts in Georgia confirmed Biden won the state.
Vice President Kamala Harris Georgia and running mate Tim Walz completed a two-day tour of the southeastern part of Georgia this week, in a push to keep the battleground state blue in November. Eddie Glaude Jr.
The State Election Board recently approved procedures that the people who run elections across the state said would make the process less secure and their jobs more difficult.
The two women, who were defamed by Rudolph W. Giuliani after the 2020 election, have accused him of trying to keep his multimillion-dollar condo in Florida from debt collection.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his office have finalized the state ballot for the presidential election.
National and state Democrats, along with a number of county board members, are suing the Georgia State Election Board over certification rules they argue could cause confusion and delay the process.
The rule, which was pushed by nationally prominent election deniers, only changed in minor ways between being voted down in May and approved in August. Those adjustments made it even less compliant with existing law,
The Georgia election workers who successfully sued former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani for defamation asked a federal court on Friday to enforce the $146 million judgment in their favor, listing a wide variety personal items that could be used to pay off the money they’re owed.