Quote Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg View Post
Most of it is minutia. The primary issues are the changes to the State Election Board. First, it removes the Secretary of State as the Chair and replaces him with an appointee of the Legislature. It can be argued this violates the State Constitution, as the Constitution gives the SOS the power of oversight of elections. Second, it gives that Elections Board the power to declare that a county elections board is derelict in their duties and can allow that counties votes to be thrown out. Which, if you follow Georgia politics, you know that this opens a window for partisan accusations to overturn local control and will be a tool for shenanigans (regardless of party). As I tell my non-Georgia friends - all you need to know about Georgia politics can be learned by reading about the Yazoo Land Frauds.
A few questions since you seem much more informed than I am. It seems the Election Board will have a Legislative appointee (who is supposed to be non-partisan but I know that's basically not possible) and then also appointed members of each political party. How does the Board make decisions? Simple majority vote? Is this Board more or less fair than having a elected S.O.S as the Chairperson? Also, I have the bill pulled up, but I can't find where votes can be thrown out by the Board.