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<blockquote data-quote="The Driver" data-source="post: 4886205" data-attributes="member: 50657">I’m glad you asked. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-laws-voting-rights-elections-voting-41a04d4eab2e40375ffbec4ad2a67094" target="_blank">Suit: Georgia election law threatens voting, speech rights</a>“One of the most significant changes in the new law is that it removes the secretary of state as chair of the State Election Board, replacing that elected official with a chair selected by the General Assembly. It also allows the state board to remove county election superintendents — a combined election and registration board in most counties — without providing much notice or giving them a meaningful chance to defend against their removal, and then allows the state board to appoint a single person in their place, the lawsuit says. While election boards are subject to requirements of Georgia’s open meetings law, replacing them with a single person would mean that decisions would be made by that one person without the transparency of a public meeting, the lawsuit says.”Removing the responsibilities of an elected official and granting power to unelected toadies is not my idea of law and order. This is as slimy as I’ve seen an elections law.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Driver, post: 4886205, member: 50657"] I’m glad you asked. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/georgia-laws-voting-rights-elections-voting-41a04d4eab2e40375ffbec4ad2a67094'][B]Suit: Georgia election law threatens voting, speech rights[/B][/URL] “One of the most significant changes in the new law is that it removes the secretary of state as chair of the State Election Board, replacing that elected official with a chair selected by the General Assembly. It also allows the state board to remove county election superintendents — a combined election and registration board in most counties — without providing much notice or giving them a meaningful chance to defend against their removal, and then allows the state board to appoint a single person in their place, the lawsuit says. While election boards are subject to requirements of Georgia’s open meetings law, replacing them with a single person would mean that decisions would be made by that one person without the transparency of a public meeting, the lawsuit says.” Removing the responsibilities of an elected official and granting power to unelected toadies is not my idea of law and order. This is as slimy as I’ve seen an elections law. [/QUOTE]

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