Fulton County Spending $600 an Hour to Avoid Independent Monitor Over Its Elections

Voting just began in Georgia, and the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections is busy paying an attorney $600 an hour to try to block independent monitors from getting to observe the count. The Fulton Election Board filed a lawsuit against the State Election Board for their proposal to add two additional – and actually independent – monitors to observe the 2024 voting and counting process.

The only problem: the Fulton Elections Board never voted to hire the attorney, Michael W. Tyler, ...