Georgia election board settles ethics lawsuit over private emails for $50,000

Republican-controlled board, which questions Trump's 2020 loss, agrees to use government, not personal, accounts

The Georgia state election board has settled a lawsuit filed by a watchdog organization over access to board members' emails for $50,000 and an agreement to conduct future business without using private email.

The settlement requires the Republican-controlled board, which continues to push for additional investigation into the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, to instruct its members to use official email accounts, and not to use personal email accounts, text messaging, or messaging through other applications for that purpose".