'Time for the state to take over': Georgia Republicans seize on vote-reporting delay in push to control Fulton County el [View all]

[RandySF]

Georgia Republicans baselessly claimed Tuesday that a delay in Fulton County’s primary election reporting was evidence of fraud — and sought to use the episode to advance their push to have the state take over election operations in the Democratic stronghold.

In reality, Fulton County delayed its reporting after police shut down a polling station at Ison Park Elementary School in the city of Sandy Springs, while they investigated a suspicious person in the area.

The Sandy Springs Police Department said it launched the probe after receiving reports of possible gunshots following an altercation between a man in military-style gear and another person.

Despite the investigation and polling site closure, state and national Republicans claimed that the county’s delay in election reporting was evidence of voting fraud. Their claims echoed President Donald Trump’s repeated unfounded allegations that fraud in Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold in Georgia, led to his loss in the 2020 election.





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