Kamala Harris joins lawsuit over election board rules claiming they can lead to election day “chaos”

Politically Georgia

On today’s episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Greg Bluestein, Patricia Murphy and Bill Nigut discuss two significant election-related stories: An administrative court judge has ruled that four independent candidates for president are ineligible to be on the Georgia ballot. The final decision will be up to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

You’ll also hear about the lawsuit challenging the Kamala Harris campaign has joined fighting new election rules passed by the MAGA majority on the state election board. The lawsuit claims that the rule calling for undefined scrutiny of ballots prior to certification could lead to “chaos.”

Then, Katie Sander, editor-in-chief of PolitiFact, joins to talk about her organization’s evaluation of facts vs. fiction in convention speeches by Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Donald Trump and JD Vance.

And later, AJC senior editor and state government and politics reporter Jame Salzer is retiring after more than three decades covering budgets, campaign finance reports, tax initiatives and more. The hosts ask him to reflect on his career.

Links to topics

Harris-backed lawsuit challenges new election board vote certification rule

All about the state election board and the new rules it has passed

Judge rules against Kennedy, three others appearing on Georgia presidential ballot

Politifact home page

James Salzer stories

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