Judge Allows Part of Fulton County Election Lawsuit to Proceed, Plaintiff Claims ‘Victory’

Judge Allows Part of Fulton County Election Lawsuit to Proceed, Plaintiff Claims ‘Victory’
An election worker processes absentee ballots at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Nov. 2, 2020. Megan Varner/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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A Georgia judge on June 24 dismissed seven of nine claims in a Fulton County election lawsuit while allowing two to proceed that require the county to produce digital images of some 150,000 mail-in ballots that are at the center of plaintiffs’ allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

In an order (pdf), Henry County Superior Court Chief Judge Brian Amero ruled that the respondents of the lawsuit—Fulton County, Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, and Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts—could not be defendants in the suit due to sovereign immunity protections. However, Amero granted a request by the plaintiffs to add five named individual members of Fulton County’s Board of Registration and Elections as respondents in the case, essentially keeping the suit alive.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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