By JEFF AMY
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) â Georgiaâs State Elections Board got a new leader Wednesday in one of the first impacts of the stateâs new election law, with an appointed member of the board replacing Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, whom the law removed from the board.
But arguments about Georgiaâs elections are far from over, with a local Republican Party official calling board members âcavalier cowboysâ after they voted unanimously to dismiss debunked claims that her county improperly shredded election materials.
Also Wednesday, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr refused a request to investigate Raffensperger from fellow Republican and former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
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Caption Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger delivers a press conference Nov. 4, 2020. As part of the SB 202 election law, state lawmakers stripped the secretary of state as chair of the State Election Board. Credit: Stephen Fowler/GPB News
It was mostly business as usual during the first State Election Board meeting after SB 202 was signed into law, removing Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger from his role as chair.
At the start of the meeting, Republican vice chair Rebecca Sullivan thanked Raffensperger for his leadership on the board, and David Worley, the lone Democrat, tore into lawmakers for making changes.
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State Election Board wrestles with lingering 2020 GOP grievances
The State Election Board held its first meeting Wednesday since a new law replaced Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as a voting member of the panel. Raffensperger is seen here in a photo taken last year. (John McCosh/Georgia Recorder)
Georgia’s State Election Board held its first meeting Wednesday with a new meeting leader replacing the secretary of state, and the hours-long meeting served as a sounding board for discredited conspiracy theories alleging fraud in the 2020 elections.
Election Board Vice-Chair Rebecca Sullivan served as the acting chair of the state voting board after a new law removed Secretary of State Brad Raffenspeger as a voting member of the panel.
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State Election Board reconvenes after secretary of state booted from chair
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is no longer a voting member of the State Election Board after Republican legislation stripped away the power. Raffensperger withstood intense pressure from within the Republican Party to overturn President Joe Biden s Georgia election win in 2020. (John McCosh/Georgia Recorder)
(GA Recorder) A new leader is set to run Georgia’s State Election Board meeting Wednesday for the first time since the Legislature passed controversial election changes shifting the panel’s power.
Vice-Chair Rebecca Sullivan will replace Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as head of the board that oversees state election laws. Removing the state’s top election chief as a voting member of the panel also comes as the board gets newfound authority to intervene in managing local elections.