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Republican nominees lose fight to sit on Fulton election board

Appeals court says county commissioners can refuse to seat Julie Adams and Jason Frazier.
Fulton County election board member Julie Adams, pictured during a November 2024 meeting, lost her fight Friday for reappointment. The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled the county commissioners can refuse to appoint Adams and another Republican nominee, Jason Frazier. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)
Fulton County election board member Julie Adams, pictured during a November 2024 meeting, lost her fight Friday for reappointment. The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled the county commissioners can refuse to appoint Adams and another Republican nominee, Jason Frazier. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)
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Fulton County commissioners can refuse to seat two Republican nominees on the county’s election board, the Georgia Court of Appeals decided Friday.

The ruling reverses a senior Fulton County judge’s order from last year forcing the commissioners to appoint Julie Adams and Jason Frazier to the five-member board after they were nominated by the Fulton County Republican Party.

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Republican Jason Frazier (right) speaks with a supporter after the public comment portion of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners meeting in Atlanta on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)
Republican Jason Frazier (right) speaks with a supporter after the public comment portion of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners meeting in Atlanta on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Journalist Rosie Manins is a legal affairs reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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