Georgia GOP Mulls Takeover of Fulton County Elections

[applegrove]

Georgia GOP Mulls Takeover of Fulton County Elections

July 26, 2021 at 3:18 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 67 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/07/26/georgia-gop-mulls-takeover-of-fulton-county-elections/

"SNIP......

“With a rising drumbeat of criticism, several Republican Georgia legislators are building a case for the state government to take over Fulton County elections,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

“The newfound power to fire local elections management, created by Georgia’s voting law, worries voting rights advocates, who say it could be abused for partisan purposes to tamper with the heavily Democratic county.”

“Though a state monitor reported sloppy management, three counts of Fulton’s ballots arrived at similar results and state election investigators haven’t found fraud.”

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[hlthe2b]

1. Why are all of us rightfully frantic about all of this election manipulation/corrupt laws

and yet (despite the Texas contingent) it seems no one on Capitol Hill nor the WH really is (or at least not sufficiently).

Honestly. Not even COVID-19 has my stress level up more than this...

[applegrove]

2. Charles Blow said the same thing today.

[hlthe2b]

7. Yup.

[PortTack]

4. The DOJ is suing GA, and has vowed to protect election workers and the sanctity of vote

There are at 7-8 laws suits against other states that have passed illegal and unconstitutional laws.
The DOJ is hiring a host of attorneys with backgrounds in civil rights and election laws.

What would you have them do?

[hlthe2b]

6. My comment was not about DOJ, though litigation will be years sans an injunction which...

courts are not typically willing to do with new voting methods legislation.

What would I have CONGRESS do? FORCE the issue with a combination of both pieces of legislation currently languishing WiTH additional language to outlaw the kind of post-election attempts to replace election officials AND RESULTS with R-controlled state legislature substitutions. The post-election manipulation is not yet addressed, but MUST be. And QUICKLY. Election boards will have to respond to any new legislative mandates, including using the funding to do so. This can not wait.

Carve out a voting rights exception to the filibuster and get something passed!

What would I have them do? I think I just spelled it out. Complacency will end our hope of a democracy in the future. That is not hyperbole. No one less than Marc Elias has said as much.

[YoshidaYui]

3. GOP is turning Elections into a sham

And are actively trying to interfere with the entire system , how is this not illegal? Turning the. election process into a shit show.

[Walleye]

8. It's like they don't understand why we even hold elections

Of course they don’t really want to determine the will of the people. Because they refuse to get policies or candidates that they can win elections with.

[YoshidaYui]

9. No because they want a

Fucking Emperor, they want to worship at the feet of Donald Trump. He is their God, their King and he’s the biggest asshole in the world. He needs to be put away. He’s a danger to this country and a danger to democracy.

[bluestarone]

12. Agree 100%

They are on a mission to DESTROY everything American!!! Our whole court system could be completely turned into nothing but a joke!

[YoshidaYui]

13. It wouldn't surprise me

If some of them were actually working for the Russians.

[roamer65]

5. One of the symptoms of fascism.

Sham elections.

[lindysalsagal]

11. This experiment in democracy may fail....

It was fun while it lasted.

Welcome to Gilead.

[vercetti2021]

14. Fuck that

I'll fight and die than drop to my knees and surrender. Democracy is worth fighting and dying for. Fascism isn't worth living in.

[Pinback]

15. I'm with you.

Same response when people ask me which country I plan to move to when the Nazis take over.