Georgia election board probes handling of mass voter challenges in eight Democrat-led counties

The Georgia State Election Board voted Monday to investigate claims that several Democrat-led county election boards are failing to properly investigate challenges disputing voter eligibility.
Georgia Election Board member Janice Johnston voted Monday, Sept. 23 in favor of the board opening an investigation into eight county boards that review mass voter eligibility challenges filed predominantly by conservative residents. (Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)

The Georgia State Election Board voted Monday to investigate claims that several county election boards are failing to properly investigate challenges disputing voter eligibility.

Three State Election Board members loyal to former President Donald Trump agreed to request that the board’s executive director look into whether eight election boards in counties led by Democrats are improperly dismissing complaints questioning if tens of thousands of voters are eligible to vote.

The mass voter challenge controversy has been a mainstay in Georgia over the last several years since the feverish push to overturn the 2020 presidential election results after Trump narrowly lost to Democrat Joe Biden in Georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes.