Fulton County, Georgia – home to more voters than any other county in the state – is in the middle of a showdown over two positions on its local election board.
This week, Republican Party leaders escalated their push to force two extremist activists, Julie Adams and Jason Frazier, onto the Fulton County Board of Elections. When Fulton County commissioners voted against seating them, the Georgia GOP responded by calling for commissioners Dana Barrett and Mo Ivory to be jailed.
What’s happening?
Under Georgia law, county commissioners hold the power to appoint election board members. Political parties can suggest nominees, but commissioners are not required to rubber-stamp every name sent their way. Their duty is to select members who will ensure free, fair, and independent elections.
Fulton’s commissioners have already rejected Frazier twice, and Adams’ actions as a current board member have raised bipartisan alarm – including reports that GOP operatives were “telling her what to say, and what to do.” Instead of nominating credible alternatives, Republican leaders sued. A lower court sided with them, but the fight over how the law applies to the Fulton commissioners is still being litigated on appeal.
In the meantime, the GOP is trying to strong-arm commissioners into submission with threats of jail time.
Who are Adams and Frazier?
Adams and Frazier aren’t neutral public servants. They are operatives in Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network – the same national machine that fueled Trump’s “Stop the Steal” movement. Mitchell was reportedly with Trump on January 6th and was later subpoenaed by the January 6 Committee for her role in a plan to seize voting machines in swing states after the 2020 election:
Julie Adams became a Fulton BOE member in 2024 and soon after signed on as a regional coordinator for Mitchell’s network. She was caught receiving texts from Republican operatives during meetings “telling her what to say, and what to do,” and even emailed fellow election deniers from her EIN address. Adams went so far as to sue the board she was serving on, backed by the Trump-connected America First Policy Institute.
Jason Frazier has challenged nearly 10,000 voter registrations in Fulton and boasts of challenging 25,000 statewide. He was nominated to the BOE and rejected twice over concerns about his extreme views and actions. He helped develop EagleAI, an error-ridden mass challenge software backed by Cleta Mitchell, and has regularly attended strategy calls for her Election Integrity Network. He has also sued the BOE, including a failed attempt to force illegal voter purges, and has posted voters’ personal information online while publicly calling for criminal investigations into Fulton officials.
Why it Matters
If installed on the board, Adams and Frazier will have more influence over its policies and procedures – and more opportunity to further mislead the public to undermine confidence in our elections.
This fight isn’t about two names on one county board. It’s about whether local elected officials – not partisan operatives – get to decide who safeguards their elections.
The Fulton GOP’s refusal to offer new nominees, and its demand that commissioners be jailed for doing their jobs, is part of a broader national strategy: bully local officials, sideline oversight, and install election deniers ahead of 2026.
As Fair Fight CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo said: “This is a red-alert moment for democracy in Georgia. Adams and Frazier are bad-faith actors – if appointed, we expect they will try to break the very election system they’re supposed to uphold.”
The Bottom Line
The Fulton Board of Commissioners is fighting for the people they represent. They are standing up against pressure from unelected operatives who want to hijack Georgia’s largest elections board.
Democracy doesn’t belong to extremists. It belongs to the voters.
Fair Fight Team
The people in Georgia clearly are not getting this message!!!
What action can Georgia citizens take if they are not Fulton County residents?