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Georgia Asian Times February 17, 2021 Atlanta, Feb 17, 2021 – The Fulton County Board of Commissioners decided to keep Elections Director Richard Barron in place after the Commissioners refused to affirm a recommendation to terminate him immediately. Barron has received wide praise from Republicans and Democrats for putting in place the most extensive expansion of voting- and voter-access in Georgia history during the November Presidential and January U.S. Senate Runoff elections. The effort was led by the Republicans on the Commission. The motion to fire Barron was made by North Fulton Republican Commissioner Bob Ellis and seconded by North Fulton Republican Liz Hausmann. Buckhead area Republican Lee Morris joined them and also voted yes to fire Barron. Chairman Robb Pitts, and two other Democratic Commissioners Marvin Arrington and Khadijah Abdur-Rahman voted against firing Barron. The Republicans’ motion failed for a lack of four affirmative votes.

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