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11 GA GOP Delegates Continue to Press Raffensperger’s Disqualification to Preserve Republican Party Integrity While GA GOP Attorneys Squirm

September 10, 2026 by Georgia Republican Assembly in Government / Issues

Canton, GA — On Thursday, Jacob Medoff, attorney for the eleven GOP Delegates and State Committee Members seeking accountability by suing the Georgia Republican Party filed a motion explaining the necessity of the Court’s intervention. The delegates do not seek any monetary benefit to themselves, but they seek a declaratory judgment against the GA GOP after the party organization in March qualified a candidate for office, Brad Raffensperger, who had been banned at the last Republican Convention by the delegates from running on the Republican ballot.

The GA GOP’s rogue action defying the explicit instructions of the state convention created an uncertainty about the powers and duties of the State Committee, State Convention, and State Executive Committee. The delegates hope that a declaratory judgement would resolve that uncertainty.

“A number of committee members and convention representatives of the GRP face current uncertainty as to their obligations,” wrote Medoff in the motion. “This uncertainty extends beyond the question of whether or not Raffensperger could be certified as a candidate if he chooses to run for office as a Republican; it extends to the present, ongoing question of whether the Binding Resolution itself remains in force and continues to bind the State Committee and State Executive Committee today”(emphasis added).

Medoff continued: “That the 2026 certification of Raffensperger happens to be the occasion that surfaced the dispute does not confine the relief sought to that single, completed event; Plaintiffs ask the Court to settle the scope of the Committee’s authority prospectively, so that the Committee, the Convention, and Plaintiffs themselves know the governing rule before the Convention’s next resolution and the Committee’s next exercise of authority.”

“At the heart of this lawsuit is a straightforward question of internal governance: When the GRP state convention adopts a resolution, are the state committee and state executive committee bound by it?” said Brandyn James, one of the plaintiffs leading this accountability measure.

The Georgia Republican Party attorney has argued that the eleven Delegates are asking the court to meddle in the party’s internal affairs, where the court does not have jurisdiction, and that the question is moot now, since Raffensperger ran and lost and is no longer a candidate.

“Plaintiffs do not ask the Court to review the wisdom of excluding Raffensperger, to seat any delegate, to resolve any credentialing dispute, or to substitute its judgment for the GRP’s judgment on any matter of political discretion,” the motion read. “Plaintiffs ask the Court to answer a narrower and more conventional question: what do Rules 2.1 and 3.1 of the GRP’s own governing document mean, and what authority do they confer on the State Committee and State Executive Committee once the State Convention has adopted a resolution and adjourned”?

This is a function Georgia courts routinely perform for voluntary associations and nonprofit corporations. Thousands of Georgia Republicans deserve to know if the bylaws and rules of the GA GOP actually govern the party, and if it is worth attending the next state convention, paying for travel costs, paying registration fees, and enduring hours of speeches and preliminaries, or not.

Medoff wrote that the “GRP has not defended its 2026 certification of Raffensperger on the ground that the Resolution was politically unwise, or that changed circumstances warranted departing from it as a matter of judgment. It has instead taken the position, in writing, that the Resolution carries no binding legal force on the State Committee or State Executive Committee at all once the Convention adjourns.”

Georgia Republicans deserve to know if that is, in fact, the case or if that statement from the GOP’s attorney is a convenient excuse to defend the decision of the current party leadership who acted unlawfully in violation of party rules and the party’s own stated authority structure.

At a time when Republicans ought to be banding together to fight Democrats in the general election, Chairman Josh McKoon and party attorney Alex Kaufman refuse to acknowledge that they did anything wrong by disobeying the order passed by the delegates at the state convention. All that these delegates are asking for is an acknowledgment and a promise to not break the rules like that again.

If you would like to see clarity on this dispute, and want the Georgia Republican Party to operate with integrity moving forward, please consider donating to the plaintiffs fundraiser on GiveSendG o.

If every delegate who attended the 2025 convention could donate $10, it would probably more than cover the legal costs to settle this question once and for all.

Could It Happen Again?

There are future conventions to consider. The eleven Plaintiffs hope their lawsuit will be successful and will restore the trust of the volunteer Republican delegates across the state before the next convention so the party can grow and thrive. They expect, if they are successful, that their effort will help to increase attendance in the next GA GOP convention cycle.

There is an ongoing concern that Brad Raffensperger could attempt to qualify as a Republican for another office again in the future. But this issue is bigger than any one candidate, or any one primary election. This points to an institutional problem in the Georgia Republican Party.

The chances of a similar situation occurring again are high, but the dispute itself is not a speculative one. The dispute is ongoing as was admitted to by the Republican Party’s own attorney.

The motion states:

“The GRP State Executive Committee has already certified Raffensperger once in defiance of it [the resolution] and through counsel’s June 26th, 2026 correspondence, the GRP has formally and affirmatively asserted that it retains the authority to do so again. … Recurrence of this precise dispute is not conjecture, as it was in Cardinale; it has been announced by the GRP itself, in writing.”

The Republican Party belongs to grassroots delegates like you who hold to Republican ideology and volunteer for the principles you believe in. These eleven delegates have courageously stepped up and assumed risk for zero personal reward. Will you help these brave delegates as they try to ensure this problem doesn’t occur again?

It’s not enough to complain about the problems in the Republican Party. GRA members take action to fix those problems. You can join the many other concerned Republicans who have supported this effort by donating to the legal fund here: https://www.givesendgo.com/stopr affy

After a Year & a Half, Courts Continue Deliberation on Justice for Colton Moore

August 27, 2026 by Georgia Republican Assembly in Government

Atlanta, GA — Yesterday, former State Senator Colton Moore and his attorneys appeared at a hearing before the Georgia Court of Appeals to continue the effort to pursue charges against Speaker Jon Burns‘ staff member Keith Williams for assaulting the Senator.

Over a year and a half ago, Williams blocked Sen. Moore from entering the House chamber for the Governor’s State of the State address and pushed him to the ground. The attack occurred in front of several state patrol officers and the news media — many of whom video recorded the altercation with their smart phones. The story was reported nationwide in the evening news that day.

*Sen. Moore & his wife Hailey outside the court building Wednesday for the hearing.*

In spite of the blatant violation of the law, attorneys for Williams have done their darnedest to delay and obstruct any warrant being issued against Williams for the attack. This was the third time the case has been heard in court. State judges appear reluctant to cross the Speaker of the House by issuing a verdict against Williams — even though the evidence is so blatant.

Opposing counsel argued Wednesday to have the evidence of the video recordings thrown out, and make them become inadmissible, even though it has already been stipulated by eye-witnesses who have testified that the video recordings accurately reflect what occurred.

Moore is represented by attorneys Catherine Bernard and Alex Johnson, who also serve as officers of the Georgia Republican Assembly. The three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals will have a few months before they decide whether to allow the case to be remanded for trial at Magistrate or Superior Court.

Click to watch the video of the oral arguments in court.

After Judge Declares GRA Innocent, Ethics Commission Continues Harassment

August 4, 2026 by Georgia Republican Assembly in Government / Issues

Atlanta, GA — The State Ethics Commission held a special meeting Monday at the Coverdell Legislative Office Building to respond to Judge Dominic Capraro‘s July 14th ruling, which held that neither the GRA, Inc. nor the GRA-PAC did anything that violated statutory law for campaign contribution disclosures.

“The statutory definition excludes political action committees from the definition of independent committee,” wrote Judge Capraro. “Accordingly, as GRA PAC and GRA, Inc.—whether they are considered joint or separate entities—do not meet the definition of an independent committee, they cannot be considered to be in violation of Georgia Code Section 21-5-34(f), and no sanction is authorized.”

Judge Capraro had been appointed by the State Ethics Commission, and they had assigned to him their complaint against the GRA, Inc. and the GRA-PAC last December. Yet they refused to accept his decision. The members of the committee expressed their consternation with the outcome of the judge’s decision, even though they were not ready to decide on an exact contrary course of action or on a full explanation for such disagreement. Instead, they ultimately decided by unanimous vote to merely disagree with the judge before the 30-day window closed where the judge’s decision would, by default, stand and be final. They also said that they would hold another hearing on the case at their next regularly scheduled meeting in Helen, GA on September 9th before they decided what different course to take from what the judge had held.

The Ethics Commission expressed their desire that PACs be required to disclose the same kind of detail that an independent committee is required to disclose. But Judge Capraro had observed that the statute expressly “excludes political action committees from the definition of independent committee.”

So the Ethics Commission made the unjust decision to judge the GRA by what they think the law ought to say rather than by what it actually says. The text of the statute is clear. The commission may genuinely want PACs to report their expenditures with the greater transparency requirements of an independent committee, but that is not what the law currently requires, so the commission’s contention is really with the text of the Georgia code, which can only be changed by the Georgia legislature.

*Timothy Baywal & Catherine Bernard speaking at the hearing before Judge Capraro.*

Since the story broke of this complaint, the innuendo in newspapers has been that somehow the GRA-PAC was funneling “dark money” from the Frost family’s business First Liberty, and its alleged Ponzi scheme, to their PAC and/or to the GRA, Inc. However, the attorney for the Ethics Commission Timothy Baywal testified under oat h before Judge Capraro that “It was never my position that they were trying to pump dark money into elections.”

Even so, the members of the State Ethics Commission last Monday expressed their concern that, if they agreed with Judge Capraro’s interpretation of the applicable statute, it would make it easier for PACs to potentially funnel ill-gotten funds (“dark money”) through the campaign contribution system. “[The state legislature] does not want dark money in the state of Georgia,” said one of the commissioners, “and it’s exactly what will happen if Judge Capraro’s decision is not reviewed by the commission.”

*The AJC displayed this image of attorney Catherine Bernard conferring with Alex Johnson in a recent article on this story.*

Attorney Catherine Bernard acknowledged their concerns, but said at the Monday hearing that the commission should raise that concern to the state legislature so that they could repair the statutory language. “Mr. Baywal was very clear, this is not a question of dark money or abuses of the system in any way. …

“And I do think that the possibility of the kind of abuse that you describe would be an excellent reason for the legislature to tighten up this particular restriction,” Bernard continued, “and perhaps even designate a hybrid entity that individuals or groups that are participating in both forms of this political speech and association could then participate in. Because again, we’re talking about dark money and important public policy considerations. But using the power of the Georgia government against volunteers who are speaking and associating within the political realm is a pretty dire fate as well.”

However, the commission failed to heed Bernard’s counsel. Seeming to argue that “the end justifies the means,” the commission chose to reject the judge’s reading of the statute so that they, as a non-elected bureaucracy, could effectively legislate by fiat to make the statute say what they wished it said.

There are several possibilities on where the Ethics Commission could go from here. For example, the commission could choose to continue to pursue the complaint against only the GRA-PAC, which was run by the Frost family independently of the GRA, Inc. This would be consistent with the arguments attorney Catherine Bernard has made in her defense of the membership organization, the GRA, Inc., since the GRA, Inc. had nothing to do with the Frost family’s administration of the GRA-PAC. Indeed, the GRA, Inc. and the PAC had separate articles of incorporation, separate government, and separate bank accounts the entire time the PAC was in operation. The PAC never gave money to the GRA, Inc.

Timothy Baywal acknowledged at the hearing that, in all his investigation of GRA records, he saw no evidence of GRA Inc. officers directing the GRA-PAC — no motions, no meeting minutes, no financial reporting, or financial decisions being made on the part of GRA Inc. for the direction of GRA-PAC funds.

Now if the State Ethics Commission decides in September to continue to pursue the complaint against the GRA, Inc., then the controversy can be appealed to a Superior Court Judge. “We will appeal,” said attorney Catherine Bernard. “They cannot simply ignore the statutory language.”

Understandably, many who saw the headlines about the commission overriding the decision of a judge asked, “How can an agency override a judge?” It’s a reasonable question.

The system for reviewing these kinds of charges is confusing. It involves administrative judges operating under bureaucratic Executive Branch agencies in state government, and undermines many aspects of the constitutional “due process” that has been a part of our American legal tradition for centuries. Whereas, constitutionally, it is the judicial branch that is supposed to be responsible for reviewing civil and criminal actions, the State Ethics Commission is an Executive Branch agen cy composed of three members appointed by the Governor and of two appointed by portions of the Legislative Branch. That violates separation of powers. It is effectively stealing subject matter jurisdiction away from the judicial branch. By removing cases from the judicial branch, they effectively circumvent the due process requirements such as “trial by jury” and “innocent until proven guilty.” Moreover, it adds additional unnecessary steps to the process and expensive legal costs for a defendant. It turns review of such complaints into a war of attrition. Those additional costs appear designed to force defendants to settle and accept false blame in order to avoid the expense of a prolonged legal battle.

As far-Left newspaper The AJ C reported on the story: “In 2022, the commission overruled an administrative judge’s findings in the long-running case against former Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine. Oxendine later settled the case.”

The GRA-PAC has been terminated, and the membership organization is clearly not a PAC nor an independent committee, as Judge Capraro wisely confirmed, so the commission can have no genuine concern of ongoing harm in this case. The fact that they are relentlessly pursuing this complaint in spite of Judge Capraro’s decision reveals their true target: the GRA membership who are a thorn in the side of Atlanta politicians.

“The Commission continues to wage its campaign of lawfare against us in a clear attempt to intimidate us into silence,” said 1st Vice President Nick Cooper. “We weren’t joking when we said that we won’t back down and capitulate to the RINO Establishment. We will continue to stand up for our principles even in the face of these intimidation tactics.”

Click here to watch the full video of the August 3rd Special Meeting of the State Ethics Commission.

GRA Releases 2026 Legislative Scorecards — Which Include Special Session Votes

July 23, 2026 by Georgia Republican Assembly in Candidates / Government

The GRA is delighted to announce the completion of our 2 026 Legislator Scorecards.

Our scorecards are unique in that they incorporate both the regular session and the special legislative session held this summer. Under the direction of the GRA’s 1st Vice President Dr. Nick Cooper, our volunteer committee worked diligently on the compilation of 60 bills — more than most other advocacy organizations. They consulted with numerous single-issue partner organizations who shared their technical expertise on the issues. The committee was careful to ensure the scores accurately judged legislators’ actions by the standard of our principles and the Republican Party platform.

“I would like to thank the members of the Scorecard Committee and our subject matter experts for their hard work over these many months to put this scorecard together,” said Dr. Nick Cooper. “We made sure to select consequential bills and to develop a scoring methodology and process that is fair and transparent. It is a valuable tool for voters to hold their representatives accountable to their principles.”

Legislators received 1 point for voting in favor of a good bill and 1 point for voting “No” against a bad bill. No votes were weighted.

Among the votes that stood out was the Georgia budget. Every legislator who voted “yes” to the bloated, corrupt, unjust budget did not receive a point because that bill was full of corporate welfare which cost Georgia families about $7,317 per household.

The budget also expanded Medicaid and increased our state debt — flagrant violations of the principles of the Republican Party and fiscal conservatism. This year, there were only two Republican legislators who had the courage to vote “No” to this egregious budget: Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-Cherokee) and Rep. Noelle Kahaian (R-Henry).

During the special legislative session, the legislators passed SB3EX, a bill to prolong the use of unverifiable QR codes on ballots. This was a betrayal of the principle of election integrity, since QR Codes are used to tabulate election results instead of the candidates’ names printed on the ballot. QR codes are not readable to the voter’s natural eye and thus could be manipulated to alter the voter’s intent without being noticed by the voter. The legislators that voted “no” to this bill received a positive point which contributed to their overall score. Rep. Mitchell Horner (R-Catoosa) was one of the few Republicans who joined with Representatives Byrd and Kahaian to vote against this bad bill.

Among the good bills that were passed from the chambers this year was a bill to rein in Medicaid fraud, a bill to cut taxes on tips and overtime, and one that would ban school mask mandates.

However, there were more good, common sense, urgent bills that languished and got ignored by the “Republican leadership” who prioritized the passage of bad bills instead. Among the good bills was a bill to provide equal protection for all pre-born children, a bill to prohibit the dissemination of pornography and sexually explicit content to minor children in libraries, the “Anti-corruption Act” that would have prohibited government entities from using our tax dollars to lobby other government entities for the benefit of the former government entity, a bill requiring metal detectors in government schools, numerous health freedom bills, election integrity bills, and more!

Some of these good bills have been ignored every year for 5+ years! This is a chronic problem. There is a massive disconnect between what Republican officials say they believe and what they actually do when they are in office. This is why the GRA exists.

This problem points to our mission and the need for GRA members across the state who help make low-information voters aware of the problems at the Georgia Capitol, enlist the help of the voters, training them on how they can make a difference through advocacy, elections, and involvement in the Republican Party.

THE BEST & THE WORST

Once again, members of the Georgia Freedom Caucus earned the highest scores in the legislature. With Senator Colton Moore no longer in office, Reps. Byrd & Kahaian were the only legislators who earned an “A” rating of over 90 percent for their votes. State Senator Greg Dolezal (R-Forsyth) was the best rated member of the Senate with a “B” rating this year. Dolezal has a 80% lifetime legislative score, and faces Democrat nominee for Lt. Governor Josh McLaurin (D-Fulton) in the general election. As a State Senator, McLaurin earned an 8% rating this year — the second lowest of any voting legislator!

The biggest RINOs this year were State Reps. Dale Washburn (R-Bibb) & Bill Hitchens (R-Effingham), who both tied with two Democrats in the State House! They both received a 30% score meaning they voted against the Republican platform 70% of the time!

Last year, after we announced the “biggest RINO” for 2025, that legislator resigned from office a few months thereafter. It is our desire to see poor-performing “Republicans” either improve their scores as their constituents encourage them to perform better, or else be replaced by a Republican in the primary who will actually read legislation before voting on it, and evaluate it by the principles of the Republican Party. Every. Single. Time.

It is our hope that these scorecards will be a resource for you in that mission. If you are not yet a member, consider joining us today.

Shelley Wynter Endorses Ossoff, Reveals He’s a Fake “Republican” Pundit

July 7, 2026 by Georgia Republican Assembly in Campaign

Mableton, GA — WSB radio talk show host Shelley Wynter, who has been characterized as a “conservative” by some, and who has been welcomed at Republican Party meetings in metro-Atlanta over the last few years, and even vaunted as something of an authority on Republican politics, announced that he was endorsing radical far Left Democrat Jon Ossoff for re-election to the U.S. Senat e. This endorsement came shortly after Congressman Mike Collins (R- District 10) defeated Governor Kemp’s favored candidate and former football coach Derek Dooley in the primary runoff to win the Republican nomination.

“I’m here to tell you live on the radio that I am Team Ossoff for the rest of the summer and I will do everything I can possible on this show to get you re-elected,” Wynter said, following his broadcast conversation with Ossoff. “I see re-elections as a job interview, and in my humble opinion, I’ve seen nothing from Senator Jon Ossoff that requires me to say you’re fired from the job.”

Did you know that Democrat Jon Ossoff’s record is worse than Bernie Sanders’ record?

According to The Freedom Index, which rates all Congressmen and state legislators in the nation by how well their votes adhere to constitutional principles, current Congressman Mike Collins has a lifetime voting score of 87 percent.

In contrast to that, Democrat U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff has a voting record of 3 percen t. Not 30 percent. Not 13 percent. Just the single digit figure of 3 percent!

To give you an idea of just how thoroughly bad that is: That’s even worse than U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont), long considered the standard of the far-Left Marxist wing of the Democrat Party, who’s scored a lifetime evaluation of as much as 26 percent! So Bernie got 23% more points than Ossoff. You have to be pretty bad to be worse than Bernie Sanders.

But Ossoff’s poor policy-making is lost on Shelley Wynter, who went so far as to proclaim on the ai r that “everything [Ossoff] you’re doing, everything you’ve done, I agree with. I have some minor disagreements on some smaller issues, but on the big things, I’m on your team.”

Everything? You agree with “everything”? How can someone say that and still be considered a “conservative” by anyone in the state? This is another shocking betrayal of the principles Republicans believe in and for which we fight.

OSSOFF’S RECORD

How has Ossoff been voting that earned him the lousy 3% lifetime score? How about, for example, voting against protecting women’s sports so that only biological females could compete in women’s sports? That’s pretty low-hanging fruit. But in March of 2025, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff voted against that bill, and Republican nominee Mike Collins voted in favor of it.

Does Shelley Wynter, then, oppose only biological women competing in women’s sports? This is a common sense Republican principle that recognizes God’s design and basic biology.

But that’s just one example. Ossoff is on record repeatedly voting against lowering the deficit, against cutting federal government subsidies (corporate welfare), and against reducing environmental regulations. He voted in favor of sending taxpayer money to foreign nations. He voted against legislation that would have protected the lives of babies who survive an attempted abortion. He has voted in favor of surveillance of American citizens, but against auditing the Federal Reserve. He voted in favor of mask mandates. He voted in favor of forced vaccines. He voted in favor of more federal gun control. He voted in favor of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court — arguably the most woke Justice on the bench!

The receipts are all here.

Ten GOP Delegates File Lawsuit to Protect Integrity of Republican Party

June 22, 2026 by Georgia Republican Assembly in Campaign / Issues

Atlanta, GA – On Thursday of last week, ten Republican delegates from last year’s state convention filed a lawsuit for a declaratory judgment against the GA GOP for violating its own rules of party governance when they allowed Brad Raffensperger to qualify as a candidate on the Republican ballot contrary to the directive of the 2025 Georgia Republican Party convention delegates.

The complaint states: “Plaintiffs do not seek to alter any election result, compel any government action, or regulate the GRP from without. They seek only a declaration that resolutions duly passed by the GRP State Convention are binding upon the GRP State Executive Committee under the GRP’s own Rules; and that the Executive Committee’s certification of Brad Raffensperger in direct defiance of such a resolution was therefore void as ultra vires.” (emphasis added)

“We are not seeking any monetary damages from the GA GOP,” said Brandyn James, one of the plaintiffs. “We merely want to ensure this situation doesn’t occur again in the future and a declaratory judgment would be a statement from a Judge warning the GA GOP that they have to follow their own bylaws, and cannot dismiss clear instructions from the convention delegates!”

The written motion passed by the body directed that the Georgia Republican Party “shall not qualify, allow to be qualified, or take any action to allow Brad Raffensperger to qualify as a Republican or run for any elected office as a Republican.”

“The convention said ‘no.’ The Party did it anyway,” said Alex Johnson, attorney and GRA Chairman. “Whatever one thinks about Raffensperger, who thankfully lost in the primary, that institutional problem should concern every Republican.

The point is larger than one candidate.

“The convention was supposed to be the moment when the Republican grassroots spoke with authority,” Alex continued. “But when its decision became inconvenient, its vote was treated like a public opinion survey.”

Some have tried to characterize this effort as being disloyal and a waste of party resources for GOP leadership to have to defend themselves. But the delegates suing said that there would be no need for the suit to “distract” or “eat up party resources” if GA GOP Chairman Josh McKoon was quick to simply admit he was wrong. “If Josh settles by acknowledging he broke the rules, apologizes, and promises to comply with the rules on this point in the future,” said delegate Harvey Wysong, “then it will all be over. We need to clear this issue up now!”

The plaintiffs have made it clear they are not trying to harm the party at all.

“We care very much about the GA GOP and want to see the party be successful. We know the success of our party depends on it operating with integrity,” said Brandyn James.

The complaint reads:

“As a private political party, the GRP possesses a First Amendment right of politicalassociation, including the right to determine its own candidate selection criteria and the right to exclude potential candidates. See California Democratic Party v. Jones, 530 U.S. 567 (2000).

“The Binding Resolution is an expression of the GRP’s associational right; a determination that Brad Raffensperger does not have the faith and confidence of the GRP.”

Brandyn, Harvey, and the other plaintiffs believe that this effort is necessary and argue that, if successful, it will benefit the party by prohibiting Brad Raffensperger from qualifying for office as a Republican if he were to run for an office in the next election cycle. They also believe, if successful, it would encourage attendance in future state GOP conventions, since many delegates felt defrauded and disillusioned by the party’s actions contradicting the convention delegates.

“Why travel, pay the registration fee, and spend a whole day participating in a convention where the party officers can just override decisions they disagree with?” said James.

The other plaintiffs who have joined onto this action include Brian Parker from Banks County, Neal Howell from Dade County, Angela Rubino from Floyd County, William Freeman from DeKalb County, Renee Parker from Lowndes County, Michael Opitz from Cobb County, David Nahabedian from Walker County, and Norine Cantor from Hall County. We commend each of them for their integrity and courage.

A declaratory judgment would provide the clarity Republicans need as they evaluate whether or not to spend their own personal resources to attend another GOP convention.

If you would like to support this effort and help the plaintiffs cover their legal costs, you can donate to their GiveSendGo here: https://www.givesendgo.com/stopraffy/. If you care about the Georgia Republican Party’s future growth and success, would you consider donating a small amount to preserve the integrity of our party? Every donation bolsters and encourages these courageous plaintiffs, and reminds them they are not alone. The grassroots stands behind them!

Legislature Poised to Postpone QR Code Removal, Adds Hand-Count Requirement in Compromise Bill

June 21, 2026 by Georgia Republican Assembly in Government

Atlanta, GA — Saturday the State Senate took up S.B. 3EX, a bill for the special session designed to “kick the can” on the July 1st requirement to remove QR codes from Georgia’s election systems. Election integrity advocates swarmed the halls at the state capitol and sent text message blasts to their legislators, urging them to oppose the bill.

The bill extends the deadline for addressing the state’s current voting system until January 1, 2028, creates a committee to recommend a new electronic voting system, and expands Risk-Limiting Audits (RLAs) to additional races.

Georgia taxpayers are still paying off the $107 million, 20-year bond for the existing Dominion system that failed to meet the standards set in the authorizing legislation, HB 316, in 2019. The new bill sets the stage for yet another expensive electronic voting system recommendation while the state has not delivered what voters have repeatedly demanded: hand-marked paper ballots! In the May Republican Primary, 90% of the voters expressed support for hand-marked paper ballots. Republicans in the legislature should listen to what Republican voters want.

*The roll call vote on the Senators who voted for & against Dolezal’s amendment.*

When the State Senate convened on Saturday, it seemed “the powers that be” had already determined that S.B. 3EX would be passed into law. So State Senator Greg Dolezal (R-Forsyth), the Republican nominee for Lt. Governor, proposed an amendment that would at least allow election-integrity advocates to salvage something positive from this terrible legislation. It was a trade off.

Dolezal’s amendment requires a full hand count for at least the top two races on the ballot.

This was considered a win by many because conducting a hand count, where a human eye is reading the actual words on the ballot, eliminates the concern about the QR code potentially altering the totals. But only for the top two races. The amendment passed, as did the bill, and it will transfer for consideration to the State House on Monday.

The House Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to hear S.B. 3 EX Monday morning at 10am at room 606 in the Coverdell Legislative Office Building.

*Sam Carnline with “Georgians for Truth”*

Some hailed the passage of the amended bill as a major victory, because this would be the first time that the Georgia Senate voted to require a hand count of ballots in state law. If S.B. 3 EX is destined to pass into law, then it is certainly better for it to pass with this amendment than without it. However, others have criticized the compromise and emphasized the hefty and unnecessary concessions this bill makes that would prevent our elections from being secured.

“SB 3EX is another delay dressed up as reform,” said activist Sam Carnline from Grady County. “Georgia voters deserve hand-marked paper ballots and a full hand count of every race to verify tabulation before certification. Decentralizing the process by bringing it back to the people at the local precinct is the only way to restore trust. We will not accept another expensive electronic system while we are still paying for one that never worked.”

Congratulations to Our Victorious Endorsed Candidates in the Runoff!

June 17, 2026 by Georgia Republican Assembly in Uncategorized

Yesterday, GRA-endorsed state-wide candidates Greg Dolezal and Mike Collins won a decisive victory in their Republican Primary Runoff Elections. We are pleased to report that nine of the GRA’s endorsed candidates for public office have won their Republican nominations this year. Both Dolezal and Collins received support from the GRA due to their superior voting records supporting the Republican platform in the past.

Senator Greg Dolezal won the nomination as the Republican Party’s candidate for Lt. Governor, and he will face Democrat Josh McLaurin, who has been a very out-spoken Democrat in the State Senate for the last several years. Collins will face Democrat Jon Ossoff in the U.S. Senate race in November.

*Click to watch video of Dolezal’s victory speech.*

Save the Okefenokee!

June 1, 2026 by Georgia Republican Assembly in events

Waycross, GA — South Georgians are sounding the alarm! Before leaving office, the Biden administration decided to hand over control of the 700-mile Okefenokee Swamp to the United Nations via UNESCO. They want to designate it a UNESCO “World Heritage Site” but that designation would cede US control over our own land.

This past weekend GRA President Nathaniel Darnell and GRA Junior NFRA Director Abigail Darnell joined with Travis Sanctuary, Brooks Strickland, and The John Birch Society chapter in Waycross at the park, where they are sounding the alarm and working with CFACT (Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow) urging the Department of the Interior to reject this proposal. There is a ground-swell of people in the community concerned about this issue.

“There is zero reason we should just hand over any influence or control of any Georgia land to the United Nations!” said Nathaniel.

A CFACT press release stated: “All three counties bordering Okefenokee Swamp have voted against UNESCO coming into their backyard. Public lands access and property rights would be infringed if this action proceeds.”

Click to watch the video and learn more.

“Global authority is dangerous because it quickly can become tyrannical and the people are far removed from the decision maker(s),” said Abigail.

Those concerned about this issue were encouraged to follow Americans for the Okefenoke e on Facebook. That group issued the following statement: “UNESCO World Heritage is a Trojan Horse utilizing the program as a vehicle for a soft-law approach with mechanisms such as blacklisting, surveillance, and the pursuit of Outstanding Universal Value to influence national policies and undermine sovereignty for the advancement of universal international ideological standards often at odds with local community values.”

While proponents of the measure maintain that a World Heritage designation is merely an honorary label that would boost tourism for the site, Americans for the Okefenoke e are quick to point out that UNESCO acknowledges that a World Heritage designation includes “restrictions.” It is those restrictions and the potential for abuse of UN authority that has locals concerned.

If a global entity has authority to impose laws and restrictions on Americans and American land, then claiming the United States still owns the land is meaningless. America might have ownership in name only.

Ballot questions in nearby Ware County indicate that around 78% of voters oppose the UNESCO bid.

Sanctuary and his team distributed T-Shirts protesting the takeover with the phrase: “Just say no to commUNism”!

“Reagan and Trump took us out of UNESCO,” said the representative for the JBS Waycross chapter, “but then their successors added us back in! The thing is that when Biden added the U.S. back into UNESCO, the U.S. had to pay back-pay on dues for all the years we were out under Trump! A lot of people don’t realize these things are going on.”

Sadly, RINO Congressman Buddy Carter helped to promote this encroachment on American land. This one of the reasons the GRA endorsed Mike Collins, and not Buddy Carter, in the Republican Primary for U.S. Senate.

To learn more about this issue, read the press release here: https://www.cfact.org/…/cfact-releases-video-report-on…/

Seven GRA-Endorsed Candidates Victorious While Others Advance to a Runoff

May 20, 2026 by Georgia Republican Assembly in Candidates / Election

Seven GRA-endorsed candidates won their Republican nomination out-right last night in the Tuesday Primary. Three state-wide candidates will advance to a runoff.

GRA members have worked hard over the last several weeks to promote these endorsed candidates, door-knocking, phone-banking, donating, and sign-waving.

The winners included State Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-Cherokee), Rep. Noelle Kahaian (R-Henry), Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-District 9), Congressional candidate Matt Day (District 2), Congressional candidate Jim Duffie (District 4), Cobb Commissioner Keli Gambrill (District 1), and Fulton County Commissioner Bridget Thorne (District 1). Each of these have distinguished themselves in various ways as they have stood up to pressure from the Establishment and fought for Republican principles. We are proud to support such candidates and see them to victory — even when facing great opposition! They are fighters and they are helping to make “the Republican Party REPUBLICAN again”!

For example, Charlice won in spite of, reportedly, the local Chamber of Commerce recruiting an opponent to run against her and the gambling lobby raising over $1 million for her opponen t. Charlice has often had to break ranks with her caucus to vote against the wasteful and even illegal spending in the state budget. She’s taken hits for it, but it has not bothered her. She had voting record of 98% from 2025, and she’s consistently scored in the 90th percentile in office, when her votes are compared to the GAGOP Platform.

Meanwhile, three state-wide candidates came in either first place or second place on Tuesday in crowded fields of Republicans, and so they will advance to a runoff. Current Lt. Governor Burt Jones came in first place in his race of seven candidates. RINO candidates such as Brad Raffensperger and Chris Carr came in third and fourth, so they are thankfully eliminated from the Republican Primary election. But because none of the seven candidate garnered 50% plus one vote, the gubernatorial race goes into a runoff with Burt Jones and billionaire Rick Jackson.

State Senator Greg Dolezal (R-Forsyth) came in second place in the race for Lt. Governor behind Senator John F. Kennedy (R-Monroe), and so the two of them will face off in the runoff on June 16th. Dolezal has a vastly superior voting record over Kennedy. Dolezal in 2025 scored 98% (83% vote score plus 76+ sponsorship score) while Kennedy only voted for Republican policy 43% of the time in 2025! Kennedy was also openly hostile towards former State Senator Colton Moore (R-Dade), and has been reported to be the one who called for Moore’s ouster from the Senate Republican Caucus after Moore publicly chastised the Senate for refusing to subpoena Fani Willis years ago.

Congressman Mike Collins (R-District 10) also made it into a runoff with Kemp-backed Derek Dooley. The GRA does not track scorecards for federal offices, but Collins has a lifetime vote score of voting 87% of the time with constitutional principles, according to the Freedom Inde x. Dooley is a football coach who admitted he did not vote in elections for two decades, including the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.

Now GRA members will need to knuckle down and help these three remaining endorsed candidates through what is expected to be a brutal primary runoff. The runoff date is June 16th — the day before Governor Kemp has called for a Special Session to begin!

Thank you to all of our members who have made sacrifices and worked tirelessly on campaigns for the betterment of your community.

Stay tuned for ways you can help bring these principled candidates to victory!