Fulton County Illegally Pays Lawyer to Block Election Monitors (GA)
The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections in Georgia is paying an attorney $600 an hour to block independent monitors from observing vote counts, a report said.
"The only problem: the Fulton Elections Board never voted to hire the attorney, Michael W. Tyler, or file a lawsuit against the State Election Board. This decision was made unilaterally by Sherri Allen, the chair of the elections board," Liz Harrington reported for the War Room on Oct. 16.
Fulton County Board of Commissioners member Bridget Thorne, who represents District 1, said the Fulton Election Board filed a lawsuit against the State Election Board for its proposal to add two additional independent monitors to observe the 2024 voting and counting process "without approval by the actual Board of Elections members.”
Thorne attempted to have the matter discussed at the commissioners meeting on Oct. 16, but failed to secure a supermajority to add the item to the agenda.
"We basically have an unelected official making the decision to spend $600 per hour for outside counsel that we did not approve,” Thorne said.
Dr. Janice Johnson, vice chair of the Georgia State Election Board, sought to add independent election observers to Fulton County, which the county "staunchly opposed…