Judge Decides Fate of Commissioners Who Refused GOP Nominees
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“I think I have the right … to vote my conscience,” Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said regarding the county Board of Elections.

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/7377761

Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. told Capital B Atlanta Monday he’s willing to risk jail time to keep two 2020 election critics off the county elections board, if it comes to that. “I pray that it doesn’t come to that, but yes [I’m willing to go to jail],” Arrington told Capital B Atlanta. The […]

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  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Fulton County Senior Superior Court Judge David Emerson told commissioners in writing earlier this month that state law requires them to approve the GOP Board of Elections nominees.

    Somebody doesn’t understand law. If the commissioners are expected to hold a vote on whether or not to approve the nominees, then there is clearly an assumption in the law that they are allowed to vote NO.