(The Center Square) – A judge said Wednesday that the Fulton County Board of Commissioners will be subjected to a fine of $10,000 a day beginning Friday if it doesn’t comply with a court order to seat two Republican members on its election board.

Senior Fulton County Judge David Emerson issued the ruling a week after the board voted 2-2 not to appoint Julie Adams and Jason Frazier. Three other commission members were absent.

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The Fulton County Republican Party sued and Emerson held a hearing Wednesday.

Emerson said he was not holding the commissioners in criminal cont

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