Robert Pitts, chairman of the Fulton County Committee, warns Georgia representatives Marjorie Taylor Green After the State Election Commission unanimously approved a bipartisan team to review the county’s election operations, it will “be out of the way.”
As the voting rights debate heats up across the country, a controversial new law in Georgia has forced the state’s election committee, which currently has a 3-1 Republican majority, to form a three-person review panel to investigate the performance and performance of local elections. The process starts in Fulton County-mainly the Democratic Party and the most populous county in the state
Pitts said: “This is all about preparing voters for the 2022 election.” CNN Saturday. “If they can continue to sow doubts, any doubts, in the minds of voters, they think it will be beneficial to them in 2022 and 2024, when the former president is expected Donald Trump Will work hard in return. “
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Pete defended Fulton County’s handling of the 2020 election and expressed confidence that the team would not find evidence of “any carefully planned effort to deceive the people and voters.”
“As of this morning, no one has presented any credible evidence. I participated in a lot of elections,” he said. “We know that our elections are open, fair and transparent.”
State, local, and federal officials from both sides of the political aisle have repeatedly stated that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in any state in the 2020 election.
Pete criticized the comment as “the worst partisanship” and told CNN that he had warned Green and the Florida Rep. Matt Gates, They are all closely related to Trump to stay away from the county’s election review process.
“They scoffed at the business in Fulton County. They have nothing to do with Fulton County, and I told them’away from Fulton County, you have nothing to do with us,'” he said.
Georgia state legislators can require performance reviews of local elections in accordance with the state’s new election legislation SC 202. Republicans This was done in July.
If the team discovers wrongdoing, the election committee will be able to appoint a temporary administrator to be responsible for the county’s elections.
Local and state Democratic Party Condemned this process, calling it one of the most diverse counties in the state (including most of Atlanta) to restrict its power and block its voters’ partisan strategy.
Weekly newspaper Green’s representative was contacted for comments.
