Fulton County is suing the state elections board over “election denial” observers

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – The Fulton County Board of Elections heard from the managers of the controversial poll watchers who will be monitoring Georgia’s contentious 2024 election.

In a bold move, the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections sued the state board for insisting that its elections be monitored by so-called election deniers who support former President Donald Trump.

Early voting begins here at the CT Martin Center next week, but the Fulton County Board of Elections and the State Board of Elections are still very much at odds.

“We can discuss how we got here, or are we going to discuss the merits of the lawsuit?” asked GOP board member Julie Adams.

Republicans and Democrats on the Fulton County Elections Board clashed over a lawsuit filed Monday by the same board.

The problem is that Republicans said they didn’t know about the lawsuit until after it was filed.

The audience also sounded.

“I would urge the board to abide by Fulton County’s agreement with the surveillance team and to completely reject any attempts by the State Board of Elections or bad actors to force challenges, changes or additions to the team,” said voter Marisa Pyle “All votes are local,” it says.

“Does it appear that Ms. Allen made a unique, unwise decision to sue the state Board of Elections without consulting the other four members? This is absurd and puts your law license at risk,” responded voter Mara Gaudio.

Fulton County appointed and heard from a monitoring team led by Ryan Germany, former general counsel to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. But members of the state executive committee close to Trump, who disagree with Raffensperger over his handling of the 2020 election, want to add their deniers to the German team.

Germany receives support from Jonathan Stonestreet of the Carter Center.

They have already identified 70 observers for early voting and 150 for Election Day.

“We are preparing to observe in-person voting and secondly, we are observing the primary process,” Ryan Germany said.

Board members asked Germany to send them a biweekly report on the findings of its observers. He agreed.

Early voting begins Tuesday at all 177 polling locations for Fulton County.