Georgia’s battleground state status spurs partisan elections board skirmishes

Fulton County and Cherokee County election boards are the latest venues for GOP grievances challenging the legitimacy of vote tabulations.

Poll workers help voters at the polling place at Park Tavern in Atlanta on June 9, 2020.

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The Fulton County and Cherokee County election boards are the latest venues for Republican grievances challenging the legitimacy of vote tabulations and the partisan makeup of local boards. 

The latest election board drama is part of the lingering fallout from the controversial 2020 presidential election in which Joe Biden upset Republican Donald Trump by fewer than 12,000 votes in Georgia.  

GOP-appointed Fulton election board member Julie Adams alleged in a recent lawsuit that she was denied access to election records necessary for certification of the May 21 primary.