Republicans join legal challenge of State Election Board

ATLANTA – The Republican-controlled State Election Board is now being challenged from both sides of the aisle.

A Georgia-based advocacy group headed by former Republican state Rep. Scot Turner filed suit in Fulton County Wednesday seeking to block rules changes three of the five board members approved in recent weeks allowing local election officials to delay certification of election results if they suspect fraud.

The lawsuit, filed by Eternal Vigilance Action, argues the board violated a state law requiring mandatory certification of election results at the local level, overstepping its legal authority.

“Georgia’s laws written and approved by elected legislators and signed by a governor spell out how to conduct our election, and our state constitution does not allow rules promulgated by unelected appointees on the State Election Board to supersede our laws,” said Turner, the group’s president and CEO.



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