FILE - From left, State Election Board Executive Director Mike Coan greets an election skeptic after a hastily planned State Election Board meeting at the Capitol in Atlanta, July 12, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, FILE)
FILE - State Election Board member Rick Jeffares asks the crowd to settle down during a hastily planned State Election Board meeting at the Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, July 12, 2024. The Georgia State Election Board, which once toiled in relative obscurity, now hosts raucous meetings where public comment spans several hours and attendees regularly heckle its members. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
FILE - Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
FILE - John Fervier, Chairman of the State Election Board, takes questions from the media during a brief recess during a meeting at the Capitol in Atlanta, Aug. 6, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE via AP, File)