ATLANTA — Georgia's State Election Board will meet again Tuesday in what figures to be another closely-watched proceeding with the board taking up election violation cases for possible referral to the Georgia Attorney General's Office.
The meeting begins at 9.am., and the board has announced it will conduct a news conference beforehand at 8:30 a.m. The meeting will stream on the board's YouTube page here.
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According to the board's agenda, 10 investigations into alleged election violations will be referred for dismissal, while 14 are being considered for a letter of instruction or referral to the AG's Office.
This comes after the board has passed several new rules recently amid contentious meetings, divided votes and legal challenges while the board majority and supporters of the rules contend they're straightforward measures necessary for ensuring confidence in November's election.
Among the most contentious of the rules are two concerning the certification process, with a Fulton County judge hearing a challenge against them last week, and one providing for local precincts to hand count ballot totals to check against machine totals at the end of Election Day.
It's unclear if the board will address the recent discord in their comments before Tuesday's meeting or raise new issues about the rules during the meeting itself.
More about the State Election Board
The State Election Board's actions have taken on a higher profile recently with a conservative majority of the board more receptive to activist demands -- largely tied to continued anger over the 2020 election result in Georgia -- for changes to election administration rules.
Former President Trump highlighted the three board members -- Dr. Janice Johnston, Janelle King and Rick Jeffares -- who have steered the board toward endorsing various rule changes submitted by the public, calling them "pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency and victory."
The board has five members: one appointed by the state House, one chosen by the state Senate, one each from the Republican and Democratic parties, and a nonpartisan chair selected by the General Assembly or by the governor if the General Assembly is not in session when there is a vacancy.
Conservative media personality King was appointed by the House in May, sealing Republican partisan control. Dr. Johnston, a retired obstetrician and frequent critic of elections in deeply Democratic Fulton County, was appointed by the state GOP in 2022. And Jeffares, a former lawmaker close to Trump-aligned Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, was appointed earlier this year by the Senate.
In August, the board voted 3-2 to ask state Attorney General Chris Carr to investigate the Fulton County government over the 2020 election, seeking to reopen an inquiry closed in May.
Watch the meeting live here.