Fulton County Showdown with Commissioner Bridget Thorne: Why Democrats Risk Jail!

Dis­cov­er the heat­ed legal bat­tle in Ful­ton Coun­ty, Geor­gia, where the GOP is fight­ing to appoint Julie Adams and Jason Fra­zier to the Board of Elec­tions, despite Demo­c­ra­t­ic com­mis­sion­ers’ defi­ance of court orders. Learn why Adams, an elec­tion skep­tic who refused to cer­ti­fy 2024 pri­ma­ry results, and Fra­zier, known for chal­leng­ing thou­sands of vot­er reg­is­tra­tions, have sparked a con­tro­ver­sy that’s reached the Geor­gia Supreme Court. Explore how par­ti­san dis­putes over the legal term “shall” and demands for mod­er­ate can­di­dates are delay­ing appoint­ments, threat­en­ing elec­tion cer­ti­fi­ca­tion time­lines, and high­light­ing the need for clear­er laws. Stay informed on this crit­i­cal issue impact­ing Ful­ton County’s upcom­ing elec­tions and beyond.

• The case of Ful­ton Coun­ty GOP vs Ful­ton Coun­ty Board of Com­mis­sion­ers con­cern­ing the appoint­ment of Julie Adams and Jason Fraiz­er. Julie Adams did not cer­ti­fy the elec­tion in Ful­ton Coun­ty. She cur­rent­ly serves on the board of elec­tions and the Ful­ton GOP wants her on the board for a sec­ond term. What could Jason Fraiz­er do to make the demo­c­rat mem­bers of the board of com­mis­sion­ers take the case all the way to the Supreme Court and risk going to jail as they deny him from being on the board of elec­tions.  The Supe­ri­or court ruled that the com­mis­sion­ers were to put Jason and Julie on the board. The appeals court upheld the rul­ing. 
• This is not hap­pen­ing just in Ful­ton Coun­ty. There are par­ti­san com­mis­sion­ers who are decid­ing the make up of the board of elec­tions. 
• The def­i­n­i­tion of “shall” in the law the judges are say­ing that the can­di­dates are meet­ing the three cri­te­ria to be on the board and shall be put on the board. But the democ­rats are say­ing there is a fourth cri­te­ria that the mem­bers should be mod­er­ates. Ful­ton Coun­ty has elec­tions com­ing elec­tion day is Tues­day and cer­ti­fi­ca­tion is the fol­low­ing Tues­day. Then in Novem­ber there are munic­i­pal races and the PSC race. The temp agen­cies have con­trol over admin­is­ter­ing and count­ing the elec­tions in Ful­ton coun­ty. 
• There is a need to clean up the lan­guage of the law.