{"id":1329,"date":"2024-08-20T17:32:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T21:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/?post_type=press&#038;p=1329"},"modified":"2024-08-20T17:32:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T21:32:04","slug":"georgia-elections-board-passes-new-rules-that-could-delay-election-certification","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/press\/georgia-elections-board-passes-new-rules-that-could-delay-election-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Elections Board Passes New Rules that Could  Delay Election Certification"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1329","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Earlier this week, Georgia\u2019s State Elections Board (SEB) held virtual meetings passing more dangerous rules that could jeopardize the voting rights of Georgians in the 2024 election.","featured_image":"","press_type":false,"authors":"","related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":13},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":["{\"site_id\":\"46\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":159}"],"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<b>ATLANTA\u2013 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this week, Georgia\u2019s State Elections Board (SEB) held virtual meetings passing more dangerous rules that could jeopardize the voting rights of Georgians in the 2024 election. The notice and agenda from Monday\u2019s meeting can be found <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.ga.gov\/page\/state-election-board-meetings-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During these meetings <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the SEB has been proposing changes to Georgia\u2019s election certification process, a process that Georgia voters have trusted and relied on for years. The most concerning rule changes that passed during this week\u2019s meetings would:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give Board of Election members greater discretion to delay election certification without having to show proof of inaccurate results. (The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.ga.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-07\/Notice%20of%20Proposed%20Rulemaking%20-%20183-1-12-.02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">proposed rule<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> authored by Fulton Board member Michael Heekin)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Significantly threaten counties' ability to certify election results by introducing stringent and potentially ambiguous reporting and reconciliation requirements. (The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.ga.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-07\/notice_of_proposed_rulemaking_183_1_12_12_1_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">proposed rule<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offered by Cobb County GOP Chair Salleigh Grubbs)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<b>In response, Jay Young, director of voting and elections for Common Cause shared the following:\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese new rules would allow election board members to compromise the will of Georgia voters simply based on their own gut feeling instead of facts.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLet\u2019s be clear: Our election process in Georgia is and has always been safe and secure.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese newly passed rules only tarnish the public\u2019s trust in our elections and cast doubt on the results. If implemented, these rules could unnecessarily delay certification and threaten our free and fair democracy.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMaking these changes to elections this late would create administrative burdens for Georgia\u2019s local election officials and create chaos and confusion for voters. These proposals have nothing to do with election integrity; instead, they threaten to interfere with critical, final, administrative steps in the election process.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese rules are simply trying to create solutions to problems that don\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">###<\/span><\/p>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Georgia Elections Board Passes New Rules that Could Delay Election Certification - Common Cause Georgia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/press\/georgia-elections-board-passes-new-rules-that-could-delay-election-certification\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Georgia Elections Board Passes New Rules that Could Delay Election Certification\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/press\/georgia-elections-board-passes-new-rules-that-could-delay-election-certification\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Georgia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/press\/georgia-elections-board-passes-new-rules-that-could-delay-election-certification\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/press\/georgia-elections-board-passes-new-rules-that-could-delay-election-certification\/\",\"name\":\"Georgia Elections Board Passes New Rules that Could Delay Election Certification - 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