we re doing our own investigation. reporter: as republicans tout election integrity, democrats point to a political power play. what do you think the motivation here is? the secretary of state is in a tight primary race next year. and fulton county is his foil. they re picking on the wrong county this time. we re the biggest and the baddest county in the state of georgia and we re going to fight until the end. so here s the thing. fulton county is holding a big election on tuesday to elect atlanta s new mayor. it s a wide open race with 14 candidates. so a runoff is likely. and any missteps could be pounced on by republicans as evidence that fulton county isn t competent to run its own elections. and rob pitts, the democratic fulton county chairman i talked to, says they know they have a big target on their backs. in moments we expect to hear from the albany county sheriff after former governor andrew cuomo was charged with a sex crime. one of cuomo s former accusers will joi
i went down to atlanta to learn more about it. reporter: new election showdown in georgia. with the state s republican-led election board inching closer to potentially taking over elections in atlanta s fulton county, a democratic stronghold, thanks to a provision in georgia s controversial new voting law. democrats say it s only happening because georgia delivered close victories for president biden and two democratic senators. we will deliver georgia and fulton county for senator warnock again. so that s why there s this focus, this emphasis on continuing to criticize fulton county and our elections. reporter: but republicans, including top election official secretary of state brad raffensperger, say it will boost voter confidence. we ve never had that accountability measure before where you can actually replace a county election board if the situation wasn t so severe. reporter: raffensperger