Georgia Fulton County GOP Board of Elections Appointment Challenge

A Republican lawsuit to compel the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to appoint two GOP election deniers to the local Board of Elections.

Background

The Fulton County Republican Party is suing the county’s Board of Commissioners to force them to appoint two prominent election deniers to the board of elections. The GOP claims that the Board of Commissioners violated state law by rejecting the GOP’s nominations of Julie Adams and Jason Frazier to the board of elections. The GOP is asking the court to order the commissioners to appoint them to the elections board. 

Why It Matters

Adams, who currently serves on the elections board and was nominated to be re-appointed, is a prominent election denier with ties to the far-right Election Integrity Network. She was at the center of controversy in May 2024 when she refused to certify the county’s primary election results. Similarly, Frazier is an election denier who has challenged over 10,000 voter registrations in Fulton County, often baselessly targeting eligible voters.

Latest Updates

• Aug. 29, 2025: Board of Commissioners meeting scheduled.
• Aug. 28, 2025: The court paused the contempt order against the Fulton County Commissioners as the court considers their appeal.
• Aug. 27, 2025: A hearing was held over the Fulton GOP’s motion to hold Democratic commissioners in contempt for refusing to appoint two election deniers to the board of elections. The court held the Board of Commissioners in civil contempt and imposed a fine of $10,000 per day, beginning Aug. 29 and in effect until the GOP nominees are appointed.
• Aug. 21, 2025: The Fulton County Republican Party asked the court to hold all Democratic county commissioners in contempt, fining them up to $1,000 a day and requiring up to 20 days in jail.
• Aug. 20, 2025: At the Board of Commissioners meeting, the motion to make the appointment failed in a 2-2 tie vote.
• Aug. 19, 2025: The Georgia Supreme Court transferred the case to the Georgia Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals then denied the Fulton County Board of Commissioners’s emergency motion to stay.
• Aug. 15, 2025: The court ordered the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to appoint Julie Adams and Jason Frazier to the local Board of Elections at its next meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. The court reserved its ruling on the contempt petition and declined to grant stay.
• Aug. 15, 2025: Hearing scheduled.
• Aug. 14, 2025: The Fulton County Board of Commissioners filed an appeal with the Georgia Supreme Court, challenging the lower court order that requires them to appoint two election deniers to the county’s Board of Elections.
• Aug. 7, 2025: The Fulton County Republican Party asked the court to find the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in contempt for allegedly failing to comply with the order requiring them to appoint Julie Adams and Jason Frazier to the local Board of Elections.
• Aug. 4, 2025: The court granted the writ of mandamus ordering the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to appoint Julie Adams and Jason Frazier to the local Board of Elections.
• Aug. 1, 2025: Hearing scheduled.
• July 10, 2025: Defendants filed their answer.
• June 13, 2025: Plaintiff filed its complaint.