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Georgia Election Board Member Denies Asking for Trump White House Role

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Georgia officials will give election workers panic buttons to keep them safe amid rising threats

Asa Hutchinson

J. Michael Luttig

Steven Calabresi

Eric Foner

Steven Cheung

Robert A. Levy

Ilya Somin

Center for American Progress

"We are confident that the fair-minded Supreme Court will unanimously affirm the civil rights of President Trump, and the voting rights of all Americans."

"[T]he legal arguments against disqualification are ultimately unsound, and most are very weak."

"[M]y bet is that... even the liberal justices will lean toward allowing voters to decide whether Trump is fit to be president."

Barring Trump from public office "would be the mildest of punishments."

The Jan. 6 riot "is something that could disqualify him, under our rules, and under the constitution."

"The former president's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and the resulting attack on the US Capitol, place him squarely within the ambit of the disqualification clause."

"[A] plain and fair reading of Section 3... demonstrates that Trump is constitutionally disqualified from holding future public office."

"I think it's really actually very clearcut... [Section 3 is] in general language, and so it applies to anyone who incites an insurrection or rebellion."

Will Donald Trump Be Disqualified From Holding the Presidency?

The Republican-controlled Georgia State Election Board  on Monday approved by a 3-2 vote a new rule authorizing any member of a county board of election "to examine all election related documentation created" during the election process prior to certifying the results.

Guardian

The new rule also requires each county's board of elections to meet before 3 p.m. on the Friday after the election to compare the total of unique voter ID numbers in each precinct to the total votes cast. Votes can't be counted before this is resolved, and if the results can't be reconciled the state board can "determine a method to compute the votes justly."

Previously, the state board adopted a rule requiring county election officials to make a "reasonable inquiry" — a term left undefined by the rule — prior to certifying results.

Associated Press

The three members of the state board who voted in favor of the newest rule all received praise as "pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency, and victory" by former Pres. Donad Trump at a recent rally. The Republican presidential nominee continues to spread unsubstantiated claims the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Wall Street Journal

This comes after Trump's January 2021 phone call asking Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" enough votes to change the state's results part of the case state prosecutors made to obtain an indictment of Trump on criminal conspiracy charges related to election interference.

Georgia Election Board Approves New Certification Rule

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Somin

Levy

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Hutchinson

Luttig

Progress

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