RNC Sues Fulton County Elections Director for Excluding Qualified Republications from Election Staff
Among the county’s 804 electoral staff, just 15 Republicans have been selected by Fulton County's director of elections
Fulton County, Georgia’s director of elections is alleged to have deliberately excluded qualified Republican candidates from the county’s electoral staff, according to a new lawsuit.
The Republican National Committee, Georgia Republican Party and Fulton County Republican Party allege Nadine Williams chose not to employ Republicans when selecting hundreds of poll workers.
Among the county’s 804 electoral staff, just 15 Republicans have been selected.
The lawsuit, which has been filed in Fulton County Superior Court, aims to secure an emergency writ of mandamus and the appointment of more Republicans.
Georgia law allows political parties to submit lists of qualified poll workers, and election officials are required to ensure that political parties are fairly represented in polling places.
The RNC and the other plaintiffs claim their list was ignored by Williams. Just six of 62 qualified Republicans on that list were hired, and of the 45 Republicans who applied for early-voting positions, only nine were hired.
Williams is alleged to have used external staffing agencies Dover Staffing and Abacus Corporation to fill the hundreds of positions required for the county, which the plaintiffs allege is a clear violation of voting law in the state.
The lawsuit states that the exclusion of Republican poll workers is a deliberate attempt to prevent proper oversight of the electoral process.
Fulton County was at the center of claims of electoral fraud during the 2020 election, including claims that thousands of duplicate ballots were counted. Over 100,000 ballot tally sheets went missing for months after the election.
Joe Biden won Georgia by less than 13,000 votes in 2020.
A majority of American voters believe cheating will be a problem in this year’s election.
Rasmussen Reports asked a representative sample of voters, “How concerned are you that the outcome of the 2024 presidential election will be affected by cheating?”
Just over 60% said they are either very or somewhat concerned that cheating will affect the election outcome. Just 16% said they are “not very concerned,” and 18% said they are “not at all concerned.”
In terms of political affiliation, Republicans are clearly the most concerned about cheating, with 77% saying they are very or somewhat concerned about the issue. The figure was 62% for independents and 50% for Democrats.
Democrats had a the highest percentage of voters who were not very concerned or not at all concerned—47%—compared to 35% of independents and 19% of Republicans.
The poll also asked respondents about whether cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 election. A majority, 53%, said yes, including 71% of Republicans, 46% of independents and even 42% of Democrats.
