This morning, the Democrats' lawsuit against the MAGA Georgia Election Board’s election certification rule changes is being heard.

It's important to remember the board's actions & rules changes have been criticized and challenged by Republicans. 🧵⬇️ Statewide + local Republican officials, Republican attorneys (including former Trump White House attorney), and former Republican officials, including a governor, have criticized the board and filed lawsuits against their election rules changes that seem designed to sow chaos.

Trump's politicization of and lies about Hurricane Helene recovery efforts are sickening.

Coverage should be calling out Trump's lies.

Some facts + key info.⬇️ Trump is lying about federal aid being decided on a political basis.

https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1840817792490078219

Today, a Georgia legislator & former election official announced a lawsuit against Gov. Brian Kemp.

The Election Board has been hijacked by extreme MAGA operatives, changing election rules to help Trump. Kemp has a duty to act, but is abdicating responsibility.

Details. ⬇️ GA Sen. @NabilahIslam: I’m here today because our State Election Board has been hijacked by extreme partisan operatives...We’ve asked the court to issue a writ of mandamus, an order that directs the governor to do what the law requires.

What if I told you the plot to block Georgia’s 2024 election results is largely being driven by one person?

An illegal meeting, election rule changes & a key player pushing Trump’s agenda — something big is going on behind the scenes in Georgia.

Here's why you should care. ⬇️ The @Guardian's Sam Levine (@srl) published a new story breaking down how Janice Johnston, a Republican-appointed Georgia Election Board member, has become the driving force behind MAGA’s efforts to obstruct the certification of election results. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…

🗳️ NEW: The Georgia Attorney General issued a stark warning to the MAGA Election Board today that their rules changes may exceed their authority & violate state law.

The AG's warning came just before the pro-Trump board's Friday meeting to further change election rules. ⬇️ First reported by @JustinGrayWSB, the letter notes "several of the proposed rules...likely exceed the Board’s statutory authority...appear to conflict with the statutes governing the conduct of elections.”

Full letter in WSB's article. ⬇️ wsbtv.com/news/local/atl…

NEW: After a formal ethics complaint was filed against Georgia's MAGA Election Board for violating state law, the Georgia Attorney General gave Gov. Brian Kemp an excuse to ignore his legal duty.

Now, a criminal complaint has been filed against the Election Board. ⬇️ AJC: The Capitol Police Division of the Georgia Department of Public Safety has jurisdiction “to enforce all laws in Capitol Square.” This week, she [Woolard] filed a complaint with them, asking for “a prompt investigation and charges, as appropriate.”
ajc.com/politics/polit…

BREAKING: New emails reveal a conspiracy by Georgia local election officials & election deniers to undermine the 2024 election.

MAGA extremists worked to change election rules to give election deniers the power to veto Georgians' votes.🧵⬇️ Emails obtained by @CREWcrew and @JustinGlawe show how Georgia election officials who are all in on Trump’s Big Lie are plotting in secret to change Georgia's election rules and give themselves the power to veto votes they don’t like. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…

Gov. Brian Kemp is evading his duty to investigate pro-Trump Election Board members' illegal & unethical actions.

The pro-Trump members are changing election rules in ways that could empower Trump to veto Georgians' votes.

NEW: 5 takeaways from the AG's 9.6.24 opinion.🧵⬇️ Context: After receiving several complaints, including a formal ethics complaint, that MAGA Georgia State Election Board members violated law, Gov. Brian Kemp asked the AG if he has the authority to remove the board members.

Georgia Code § 45-10-4 says Kemp has the authority.

NEW: The Georiga AG says Gov. Brian Kemp is not required to investigate pro-Trump Election Board members for alleged illegal & unethical actions.

But Georiga law is clear, Kemp has the responsibility.

The AG's opinion leaves a gaping hole where accountability should lie. ⬇️ First, the law. Georgia Code § 45-10-4: Upon formal charges being...on the part of a member of any such board...the Governor...shall conduct a hearing...If such charges are found to be true, the Governor shall forthwith remove such member from office...

https://x.com/MaxFlugrath/status/1828101952057819480

NEW AD: The Trump-backed Georgia Election Board is changing election rules to help Trump.

The rule changes conflict with state law & the board's actions are illegal. Governor Brian Kemp can shut it down.

Demand Kemp take action: CallKemp.com
As seen in @NYTimes, @FairFightAction's new ad will begin airing tomorrow across Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC in the Atlanta area, exposing how the Georgia Election Board has passed new election rules which could help Trump sow chaos in November. nytimes.com/2024/09/05/us/…

As the Trump-backed Georgia Election Board sows chaos with changes to election rules, one elected official could stop it all: Gov. Brian Kemp.

What has Gov. Kemp done to stop the changes that aim to give Trump the power to veto Georgians' votes? 👀⬇️ newsweek.com/brian-kemp-don… A former election official filed a formal ethics complaint with Gov. Kemp against the MAGA board members for illegal & unethical actions. Similar letters from Georgia state legislators followed.

Kemp responded by asking the attorney general for guidance. 11alive.com/article/news/p…

Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State says the pro-Trump State Election Board is “a mess” and their changes to election rules are “activist rule-making.”

How are Georgia’s local election officials (non MAGA ones) reacting?

Let’s dive in. ⬇️ @NYTNickC attended a meeting of Georgia’s local election officials from across the state. Many are “angry and frustrated” at the MAGA State Election Board for their recent Trump-backed changes to election rules around the process for certifying elections. nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/…

🍑 NEW: The DNC & @GeorgiaDemocrat filed a lawsuit against Trump-backed changes to Georgia election rules.

Unelected Georgia Election Board members passed new election rules that Trump and his allies can use to obstruct certification of 2024 election results.

More. ⬇️ @GeorgiaDemocrat The lawsuit focuses on new changes to Georgia's election certification rules passed by Trump-backed Georgia Election Board members.

The changes give power to local election officials to delay or obstruct the certification of election results. ajc.com/politics/lawsu…

Today, a Georgia Congresswoman, state legislators & faith leaders urged Gov. Brian Kemp to remove members of the Georgia State Election Board.

The unelected, Trump-aligned board members violated Georgia law & passed new election rules that conflict with state law.

Details. ⬇️ GA Sen. @NabilahIslam: Recently, I filed a formal complaint against 3 members of the Georgia State Election Board…who have violated the very principles they swore to uphold…These individuals have taken deliberate actions that interfere with free and fair elections in our state.

🍑 @SenatorCarter just spoke at the DNC, honoring his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter's, service to America.

It’s worth remembering a bold move Jimmy Carter made in Georgia politics that shocked the nation. ⬇️ @SenatorCarter After winning a 1962 GA State Senate race, Jimmy Carter unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1966, losing to segregationist Lester Maddox.

Carter realized that to win a gubernatorial race, he'd have to avoid alienating white voters who opposed integration. life.com/history/jimmy-…

NOW: Trump-backed Georgia Election Board passes rule change that Trump allies can use to delay certification of 2024 election results.

The rule change was advanced by MAGA election deniers, including one who aided Trump's failed scheme to overturn the 2020 election. 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘. ⬇️ The rule change was submitted by Cobb County GOP Chair Salleigh Grubbs, who says her county’s 2020 election results were inaccurate and does not provide any evidence for her claims. cnn.com/2024/08/19/pol…

BREAKING: Another change to Georgia election rules is coming on Monday.

The change, which the Trump-backed Georgia State Election Board is poised to approve, was advanced by Cleta Mitchell, who aided Trump’s scheme to overturn the 2020 election.

More. ⬇️ propublica.org/article/georgi… .@ProPublica reports the change to Georgia election rules would “potentially allow county officials, including one who secretly backed the rule, to throw the election results of the swing state into chaos this fall.”

ACTION: An ethics complaint was filed against Trump-backed Georgia State Election Board members.

The unelected board members (who Trump praised) just changed Georgia election rules which MAGA can use to obstruct certification of 2024 election results.

Details. ⬇️ The @AJC first reported on the complaint. ⬇️

https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1824522915246903758

UPDATE: More questions & ethical concerns are surfacing about a GA State Election Board member who floated himself for a job in a 2nd Trump admin.

The un-elected board just changed GA election rules which can be used by MAGA to obstruct certification of 2024 election results. ⬇️ A new @BulwarkOnline report raises questions on whether election board member Rick Jeffares’ personal business could benefit from a position in the EPA, where he suggested to Trump’s former White House Political Director he’d like a position if Trump wins. thebulwark.com/p/georgia-maga…

NEW: GA State Election Board member suggested himself for a job in a second Trump admin. to a former Trump adviser.

The un-elected board just changed Georgia election rules in a way that MAGA can use to obstruct certification of the 2024 election results.
theguardian.com/us-news/articl… More from @JustinGlawe: In a conversation with the Guardian, Jeffares said he proposed himself as a candidate for a regional director of the EPA. The proposal came during a conversation with a former Trump campaign adviser, Brian Jack, who is running for a US congressional seat.

🗳️All Eyes on Georgia: This week, the un-elected, Trump-backed State Election Board changed Georgia's election certification rules.

The changes conflict with Georgia law and can be used by MAGA to obstruct certification of the 2024 election results.

How did we get here? ⬇️ First, we go back to 2021. In response to Trump losing Georgia in 2020, GOP state legislators filed an "omnibus voter suppression package," SB 202.

The bill was filed by a state senator who suggested absentee ballots in 2020 were fraudulent. brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…