More utter madness in this update on the GA State Elections
Board that is total insanity with this headline from PROPUBLICA:
“Skeptics Are Running Some
County Election Boards in GA. Their New Rule Could Allow Them to Exclude
Decisive 2024 Votes”
An examination of a new election rule in GA suggests that local
officials in just a handful of rural counties could exclude enough votes to
affect the outcome of the 2024 presidential race.
Brief instruction to this the latest impact: An examination
of a new election rule in Georgia passed by the state’s Republican-controlled
election board suggests that local officials in just a handful of rural
counties could exclude enough votes to affect the outcome of the presidential race.
Their rule was backed by national groups allied with Trump.
It gives county boards the
power to investigate irregularities and exclude entire precincts from the vote
totals they certify. Supporters of the rule, most of whom are Republicans, say
it’s necessary to root out fraud. Critics, most of whom are Democrats, say it
can be used as a tool to disenfranchise select buckets of voters.
The Original Story: GA State Election Board (5 members: 3 GOP; 2 DEM; and 1 non-partisan appointed chairman) are way out control regarding election results certification reported on here from CBS News and most all other major media outlets with this headline:
“GA Democrats sue over
rules they say could block election certifications”
Atlanta — The GA state and national Democratic
parties sued to block two recent rules adopted by Georgia's State Election
Board (3-2 GOP-leaning vote) that could be used by county officials who
want to refuse to certify an election, potentially causing delays in finalizing
the state's results.
1. The lawsuit,
filed before a state judge in Atlanta, argues the rules violate a state law that
makes certification a mandatory duty based on the actual votes and NOT based
on personal hunches, guesses, or itchy palms.
Note My insert: The BOE acts as an umpire who reports election
results NOT serve as referees who along the way make up or decide new
on-the-spot rules willy-nilly. The lawsuit says the rules invite
post-election chaos, which the board is defying
GA state law clearly states:
“County officials shall certify.”
I
Further Note: They are not
to change the rules or be a judge along the way just to please Trump, et al).
Fact:
More than a century of court precedent in GA finds county officials have no
wiggle room.
2. The
suit asks the judge to find the rules invalid because the State Election Board, now dominated by 3
Trump allies, is exceeding its legal authority under GA state law.
The BOE vote alarms DEMS
& voting rights activists against the raw partisan struggle over procedures
that even predate the 2020 election a battle
in yet another state over what had long been an admin afterthought: State
and local boards certifying results.
My 2 Cents: The general summary of
the above once again to measure the ugly nasty impact of that GA BOE 3-2 vote:
Repeat of the Heart of the Issue and the Pending Lawsuit:
BOE (3-2 vote) changing the rules invite post-election chaos, that the board is
defying state law that clearly says: “County officials shall certify (not
change or modify) the outcome.”
More than a century of court precedent in GA finds county officials have no
wiggle room.
The lawsuit states in this key part: “According
to the BOE drafters, these rules rest on the assumption that certification of election
results by a county board is discretionary and subject to free-ranging action
that the 3-2 board calls:
“REASONABLE INQUIRY” that may delay certification or foreclose entirely. But
that is not the law in Georgia.
Impact if the unlawful rule (3-2 vote) is allowed to stand:
It could impact other states as well and disrupt the entire 2024 election voter
certification outcome.
The GA highest
court, or the GA AG, and /or the GA SOS must overturn that wild and unlawful
BOE vote. Now we wait to see, pending a Judge’s ruling now expected any day.
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