The Georgia Election Board has called an emergency meeting Wednesday to give Secretary of State Brian Kemp a chance to lay out his case involving dozens of allegedly fraudulent voter registration applications submitted by a Democratic-backed group.
It’s the first time Kemp will address the scope of an investigation he launched last week, after receiving complaints about the New Georgia Project. Among problems he listed were applications with inaccurate or false information, applications completed or “forged” after telephone conversations between voters and representatives of the group, and voters being told they were legally required to re-register to vote.
The board will meet at 3 p.m. at the state Capitol in Atlanta, Room 341.
State House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta, founded the registration group in November, and she has identified fewer than 25 forms out of 85,000 submitted so far that are involved in the investigation. State officials, however, have repeatedly refused to give an exact number involved in the case.
Twelve counties have reported complaints now included in the inquiry: Bartow, Butts, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Effingham, Gwinnett, Henry, Muscogee, Tatnall, Terrell and Toombs.
Abrams’ group has until Tuesday to respond to a subpoena issued by Kemp as part of the investigation. She has said the group is exploring its legal options.
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