Even though the 2020 election was upheld by numerous recounts, state probes, and court proceedings, Trump’s followers still level unsubstantiated claims of fraud.
The proposal put out by Georgia Republican Party appointee Janice Johnston was met with significant opposition by State Election Board Chairman John Fervier, who was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp.
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By a vote of 3-2, the board decided to request documents related to the 2020 election in Fulton County, such as voter lists, chain-of-custody forms, ballot scan records, security seal evidence, and ballot pictures. The proposal was rejected by Fervier and Sarah Tindall Ghazal, a member of the Democratic Party.
Fervier claimed that when the board chastised the county in May 2024 for double-scanning over 3,000 ballots during a 2020 election recount, the inquiry into Fulton was already finished.
However, according to Johnston, the lawsuit is still ongoing and Fulton has not replied to the board’s demand for the 2020 records on Election Day 2024. A hearing on the county’s move to revoke the subpoena has been set for September by the court.
This case is still open. According to Johnston, it is not disregarded. Not a single document has been brought before this board as of yet from the subpoena of November 5, 2024.
According to the resolution, the attorney general and secretary of state must ask for help from the Department of Justice and other agencies in order to get records.
The board is trying to endlessly relitigate the 2020 general election, according to the voting rights organization All Voting Is Local.
According to Kristin Nabers, state director of All Voting Is Local Georgia, this is a flagrant abuse of authority to threaten local election officials who have dared to question this board’s gross overreach based on misinformation and outright lies with a federal inquiry and punishment.
Intentional fraud was never discovered by state investigations, even though they confirmed ballot scanning errors made by Fulton election officials in the 2020 election.
The Georgia Supreme Court rejected the board’s attempt to impose new hand count and election certification requirements prior to last year’s election, weeks before the board’s vote.
The board’s three-vote majority also decided to remove Fervier’s authority just prior to passing the motion on Wednesday to request papers until 2020.
James Mills, their recently appointed executive director, was given control over hiring, posting jobs, and scheduling meetings. Last Monday, the split board decided to choose Hope Coan, Fervier’s frequent opponent and the wife of the board’s previous executive director, Mike Coan. Coan was appointed executive assistant to Mills.
