Georgia election board seeks new investigation into Fulton County's handling of 2020 election

A Georgia State election board on Wednesday night voted to request that state Attorney General Chris Carr reopen an investigation into Fulton County's counting of the results of the 2020 election.

The request comes after the board closed the matter in May, but voted to install an independent election monitor for the 2024 election, after an independent investigation found that the county likely scanned thousands of ballots twice in a recount of the 2020 election.

The election board approved the new resolution in a 3-2 vote, but Carr has not received the resolution yet. The resolution states that if Carr does not conduct an investigation, the board will try to find an outside lawyer to conduct the inquiry.

“We take election integrity very seriously, and we will apply the constitution, the law and the facts as we have always done,” Carr's spokesperson Kara Murray told the Associated Press. “If supported by evidence, we will not hesitate to prosecute voter fraud.”

The inquiry comes after former President Donald Trump campaigned in the state on Saturday, where he repeated allegations that he actually won the state in 2020. The official election results found that President Joe Biden won the state by 11,779 votes. But 939 more votes for Trump were counted in a recount.

The new request is expected to be met with legal action by Fulton County after the Fulton County election board said in May that its ruling was final, and it could not reopen any other cases related to the 2020 election. Carr has also reportedly warned that reopening the matter would be illegal.

“We will not engage in any further discussions, investigations or other action related to this case,” Fulton County board Chair Sherri Allen said in a statement. “To do so would be a waste of taxpayer dollars and time that is best spent preparing for the upcoming general election.”

Fulton County said it has implemented multiple changes since the 2020 election, in order to make sure the vote counting is safe and legitimate going forward.

The investigation comes after Just the News reporting of election irregularities in Fulton County and a probe into the issues ordered by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.