Georgia Court Says Democrats Can Ignore Republican Election Board Members

On March 20, the Georgia Court of Appeals delivered a staggering blow to the principle of bipartisan election oversight. In Fulton County Board of Commissioners v. Fulton County Republican Party, the court effectively granted the board’s partisan majority broad discretion to reject GOP nominees. By reversing a lower court’s order to seat duly nominated Republican Board of Registration and Elections members, the court hasn’t just sided with the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, it has undermined the very safeguards meant to ensure genuine bipartisanship in Georgia’s largest county. A Defiant Pattern This crisis is the result of a sustained campaign...