The elections board in Georgia’s most populous county, a Democratic stronghold targeted by former President Donald Trump after his narrow 2020 loss in the state, will soon have new leadership.
The elections board in Georgia’s most populous county, a Democratic stronghold targeted by former PresidentThe Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday to approve the selection of lawyer Patrise Perkins-Hooker to serve as chair of the county Registration and Elections Board. Her nomination - announced at the start of Wednesday’s commission meeting - came as a surprise to many since commission Chairman Robb Pitts had last week nominated former commissioner Lee Morris to fill the seat.
Democrats and voting rights activists had raised alarms and urged the commissioners not to approve Morris’ appointment. They complained of insufficient time for public input between the announcement of his nomination on Friday and the vote Wednesday. They also said Morris hadn’t demonstrated a commitment to protecting voting rights and worried he would bend to the will of the two other Republican board members.
“Otherwise, the optics, as they say, aren’t good,” Morris wrote, adding that his nomination had become and his service on the board would be “divisive,” which he said is “the last thing I want for our county.” But the commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the nomination of Perkins-Hooker, who is currently an attorney for the election board and has previously served as Fulton County attorney, general counsel for the urban development project Atlanta BeltLine and president of the Georgia State Bar.
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