The Georgia State Elections Board wants to reopen the investigation into Fulton County’s 2020 presidential election, despite warnings that doing so may be against the law.
Fulton County is currently preparing for the 2024 presidential election and already working at one of its early voting locations.
Earlier this year, an investigation found that Fulton County had improperly double-counted some votes, leading to a reprimand. The county thought the case was closed, but now the state board aims to revisit it.
The action shows the degree to which Republican outrage over the 2020 election continues to animate party activists and comes on the heels of a Saturday rally in Atlanta where former President Donald Trump attempted to relitigate unproven claims that he won Georgia, which President Joe Biden won that year by a narrow margin. He praised the State Election Board at the same rally.
Spokesperson Kara Murray said Carr, a Republican who has been opposed by Trump, hadn’t yet received the request.
“We take election integrity very seriously, and we will apply the constitution, the law and the facts as we have always done,” Murray said.
However, Murray said the attorney general’s office doesn’t investigate or seek criminal charges in cases referred by the board.
