Georgia’s attorney general said the state’s governor is not required to investigate members of the State Election Board amid ethics complaints over recent changes to election procedures.
Georgia law “does not mean that a citizen can simply submit information to the governor” and trigger a hearing, Attorney General Chris Carr wrote in a Sept. 6 opinion.
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The determination followed Gov. Brian Kemp’s request that Carr provide an official opinion on whether he had the authority to act on the ethics complaints Democratic officials had filed against three State Election Board members: Rick Jeffares, Janice Johnston, and Janelle King. The board has five members.
Carr’s opinion did not touch on whether the governor has that authority but merely addressed whether he is required to hold a hearing to explore the members’ removal.
…”CNN legal analyst Norman Eisen agreed with Flugrath,
describing the ruling as a “shocking abdication of
responsibility.”
“Leadership is stepping up and dealing with illegality, not
burying your head in the sand,” he wrote in a post on X.
Democratic state Senator Nabilah Islam Parkes, who had called
on Kemp to act against the Election Board members, wrote on
the platform: “The attorney general is providing cover for the
MAGA election board members. His opinion is engaging in
intellectual dishonesty.”…
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