The Georgia Senate is nominating a fifth member to the State Election Board as House Speaker Jon Burns pushes for changes in voting and says he wants to make the board more independent of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
Republican Lt. Gov Burt Jones announced the choice of former state Sen. Rick Jeffares on Thursday to the Senate Republican Caucus. The full Senate must confirm Jeffares.
Jeffares, a Republican, would take the place of Matt Mashburn on the board. Senate Republican leaders told Mashburn several months ago that they didn’t intend to reappoint him. But his ouster didn’t become public until after he voted against investigating Raffensperger.
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