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George Chidi in Atlanta

Staunch election denier appointed to Georgia county’s board of elections

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Citizens participate in early voting at a Dekalb county advance polling location in Atlanta, Georgia, on 30 October 2024. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

An Atlanta-area county has appointed a staunch election denier, with a history of challenging voter registrations, to the county’s board of registration and elections, a pivotal position to cast doubt on the results of future elections.

DeKalb county’s Republican committee nominated Gail Lee and a second Republican activist, but the nomination of William Henderson was rejected last week by the chief judge of the DeKalb county superior court, Shondeana Morris, after a letter campaign against the two promoted by the county’s Democratic committee and voting rights activists.

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