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Fulton County Election Board Votes To Fire Election Director After 2020 ‘Dysfunction’

Tim Pearce
Fulton County Election Board Votes To Fire Election Director After 2020 ‘Dysfunction’
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The elections board in Fulton County, Georgia, voted to fire the county’s election manager in a bipartisan vote Tuesday following the 2020 election cycle.

The county’s board of registration and elections voted 3-2 to remove election director Rick Barron after he oversaw a series of missteps and controversies during the 2020 election. The board voted against the wishes of many on Barron’s staff, who wrote a letter to the board defending Barron prior to the vote.

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