Election deniers now hold posts on local US election boards, raising concerns for midterms

'Election integrity' activists have found way to positions of power, raising red flags about potential partisan meddling…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/election-deniers-midterms-board-offices

 

Fears of chaos as Georgia election board considers last-minute voting changes | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

The Republican majority on the board is expected to approve a rule that would require three people in every precinct to check machine-vote tallies by hand-counting the election results. Voting experts have long warned that hand-counts are time consuming, costly, and less reliable than machines. It's a process that nonetheless has been favored by conservative activists who doubt the results of the 2020 election. 

The board will also consider proposed rules that would mandate daily hand-counts of early votes, require public reports of voters who have cast a ballot during early voting, allow for greater poll-watcher access during tabulation, distinguish emergency and mail-in ballots, and require that ballots be tracked through the mail…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/20/georgia-state-election-board-meeting

Is Georgia’s MAGA elections board going to rig the election for Donald Trump? | Vox

Meanwhile, the State Election Board's three MAGA members don't simply appear to be upending Georgia election law. They apparently seek to upend the standard practice for conducting elections in the United States that has been commonplace since the late 19th century. So, while it remains to be seen how Georgia's courts will react, the Democratic suit against the State Election Board appears to be quite strong…

https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/369275/georgia-elections-board-maga-stolen-election

Democrats Sue Georgia Election Board, Warning of ‘Chaos’ - The New York Times

The board recently passed new rules aimed at altering the process for certifying elections. The lawsuit says such changes are illegal...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/us/elections/georgia-elections-lawsuit-democrats.html

Two GOP Officials Kicked Off Surry County Election Board — ProPublica

The lone Republican board member present, Stacy Eggers, made two motions to remove the men from office, and each motion passed unanimously, 4-0. "We cannot substitute our own opinions," Eggers said, for "what the law actually is."…

https://www.propublica.org/article/elections-board-north-carolina-certification-surry

Georgia county purges Democrats from election board and cancels Sunday voting

…Across the US, Republican legislatures have introduced more than 200 bills aimed at reducing local control over elections and restrict voting access, according to the States United Democracy Center. All of it is aimed at ensuring that Republicans will have control over voting and elections rules, in support of Donald Trump's false claims of widespread voter fraud in 2020...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/30/georgia-county-purges-democrats-from-election-board-and-cancels-sunday-voting