Fulton county election board faces $10,000 a day fine for not appointing Republicans
by George Chidi in Atlanta from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZKWP)
Democrats voted against appointing two candidates known for election denialism and voter registration challenges
The Fulton county commission in Georgia will be fined $10,000 a day for violating a court order to appoint two Republicans associated with Trump-aligned groups pushing voter fraud conspiracies to the county's election board.
The county charter states that commissioners shall" appoint two Republicans and two Democrats nominated by their respective county party chairperson, for two-year terms. When commissioners rejected the nomination by Fulton county's Republican party chair, the superior court judge David Emerson issued an order requiring the board to appoint them.
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