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During a State Election Board meeting on Wednesday, she blasted the secretary of state’s office, accusing it of egregious negligence in a case concerning a special election in the city of Oakwood in March 2024. Ballots for the election were sent to about 300 voters who did not reside in the city. Although the losing candidate did not challenge the results, the board is voicing its concerns in a letter to the secretary of state’s office.
The secretary of state’s office and nongovernmental organizations, according to Janelle King, are among those who claim that Georgia elections are flawless. Sterling was not specifically mentioned by her, and he has never claimed that elections are flawless.
I’ve mentioned this before, but I didn’t assault anyone. This is not a novel situation. My remarks probably don’t surprise anyone. In an interview, Janelle King stated, “I felt this way even before he (Kelvin King) entered the race.” The secretary of state and I have never gotten along. I have no intention of assisting any candidate.
According to Janelle King, she is not legally required to resign from her State Election Board post simply because her husband is a candidate for secretary of state. “That’s a different conversation if he wins,” she remarked.
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The State Election Board does not supervise the secretary of state’s office, but it does investigate claims of election irregularities or misconduct. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns appointed King to the board last year.
In 2022, Kelvin King, who lost to Herschel Walker in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, launched his campaign by attacking Sterling.
He threatened to terminate public workers who disparage political candidates or party followers in an article published in James Magazine. Additionally, he accused anonymous government workers of acting impolitely during press conferences that targeted the president and worried residents.
The remarks alluded to Sterling’s most well-known incident, in which he called on President Donald Trump to address threats to election workers following the 2020 election while he was standing on the steps of the Georgia Capitol.
There will be an injury. There will be a fatality. Sterling stated on December 1, 2020, “Mr. President, you have not denounced these acts or this language.” This must end. You must step up for us.
On January 6, 2021, five weeks later, a pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol became fatal.
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Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s chief operating officer, Sterling, has not declared if he will run for the position. For this article, he chose not to comment.
This week, Kelvin King persisted in his criticism of Sterling, saying that he was ranting against our president.
The Sterling administration and Raffensperger must leave. They need effective leadership. King stated during a Monday edition of The Atlanta Journal’s Constitutionally Georgia podcast that they don’t offer advice to those in need.
According to Georgia law, Janelle King is not required to resign or abstain from election-related matters affecting the secretary of state due to her husband’s candidacy.
However, King should cease disparaging the secretary of state’s office from her position on the State Election Board, according to conservative radio commentator Martha Zoller.
Zoller, who recently featured the Kings on her show, stated that there is a distinction between what the law states and what would be good or evil. Having two persons with comparable careers is difficult. She shouldn’t criticize the secretary of state, in my opinion.
State Representative Tim Fleming, a Republican from Covington who chairs a House committee charged with recommending amendments to election regulations, is the only other candidate to declare his intention to run aside from Kelvin King. A note requesting comment from Fleming was not answered.
This article was written by Greg Bluestein, a staff writer.
