Georgia: "State Election Board consumed by power struggles, political agendas"

AJC:

When it’s not busy bickering, the State Election Board keeps trying to insert itself into Georgia’s voting process even after the state Supreme Court reduced its power this spring.

The board’s two-day meeting last week was marked by arguments over manhood , attempts to subpoena ballots from the 2020 election and efforts to end no-excuse absentee voting .

The Republican-controlled board also debated a rule that would give itself the power to eliminate Georgia’s voting touchscreens, fought over the chair’s authority, and proposed that lawmakers shorten voting deadlines for military and overseas voters.

All these squabbles came after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that the board lacks the ability to create new election rules — such as statewide hand ballot counts and