Atlanta, GA — The Fulton County Commission held a long-awaited vote on whether to approve the Republican appointments to the Board of Elections. They had previously defied the law by refusing the appointments, and a judge had ordered the county commission to follow the law and accept the two appointments from GRA member and Fulton GOP Chairman Stephanie Endres. She appointed GRA Election Integrity Chairman Jason Frazier and election integrity activist Julie Adams to serve, but when it came time for the Commissioners to vote, several of the Democrat Fulton County commissioners left the room before the vote was taken.
The final result was 2 in favor and 2 against. Thus, the motion failed.
The Democrats on the commission have labeled Frazier and Adams as extremists simply because they take election integrity seriously. Yet now, these same Democrats are disregarding both the law and a court order—and they may soon find themselves in serious trouble.
The Fulton County Republican Party, with help from attorneys from the RNC, filed a motion on Thursday to find the defiant Democrat commissioners in contempt.
Frazier had also been the one to discover that there were approximately 20,000 duplicate voter registrations in Fulton and approximately 2,000 registrations had no address listed.
Last week, you discovered how the GAGOP began to re-establish relevance to politicians and voters when it banned Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger from ever running again as a Republican, following their ban of Former Lt. Gov Geoff Duncan. This occurred at the GAGOP State Convention this year.
Did you know that, right now, government entities, funded by YOUR tax dollars, can hire lobbyists to get laws passed and other government action that go against your interest?
You don’t have lobbyists working for you at the Gold Dome, yet those “Republicans” who support bigger government and wealth redistribution to corporate interests get to use your tax dollars to ensure that their policies get enacted.
We still have an income tax in this state, and it’s not because government has hired lobbyists to advocate cutting its own taxes or spending.
Senate Bill 378 would end this practice: ensuring that politicians can’t use your tax dollars to lobby the government.
Additionally, right now, certain state level politicians can receive unlimited contributions through “leadership committees”. These committees were created in 2021 to allow special corporate interests to give extreme monetary power to certain political office holders (mostly so-called “Republican” politicians), who then are able to use the money to terrify other Republicans to fall in line in how they vote.
For example, if politicians had voted against Gov. Brian Kemp’s corporate welfare bill for insurance companies and caused it to fail, they would have potentially had to deal with primary challengers funded by millions of dollars of his “leadership committee” money.
This resolution stated the Georgia Republican Party’s stance on the bill, and called on ALL Republican politicians to support it. While the Brad Raffensperger resolution forces the GAGOP to not qualify him for office, the resolution supporting the Anti-Corruption Act simply makes it clear that the Georgia Republican Party wants to see it passed. What does this mean about getting it done?
It means that each and every Republican in Georgia (including you) are needed to make it happen. How could you do that? Here are two ideas:
Demand Action From Your County, District, and State Party Officers:
This resolution was passed by the GAGOP. Meaning that it is the official position of the entire Georgia Republican Party.
Every person you elected into GAGOP party office needs to be making sure the rest of the party volunteers know about it (forward a copy to them), and that each of them are bringing it up to every state house and state senate member they interact with and letting you know they have done so.
If they refuse to end these two obvious corrupt practices, challenge them at the ballot box next year.
Bring it up to your state senator or state representative if you see them at party meetings. E-mail them. Call them. Make sure they know the Party’s stance, and hold them accountable!
If Republicans are going to win in November and next year, the Georgia Republican Party needs to lead with common-sense solutions that represent the concerns of citizens in politics: like ending corruption and self-dealing by government, and listening to the GAGOP and not to monied interests. Maintaining the GAGOP brand is the key to Advancing the GOP.
How do you know when having a “Big Tent Party” has gone too far? How about when the opposing Chairman and Vice Chair of the local Democrat Party organization are welcomed into your local Republican Party meeting? That’s exactly what happened at the June 26th Floyd County GOP Meeting just a few weeks ago.
Floyd County Democrat Party Chairman Vincent Mendes was seen attending the previous meeting of the Floyd County Republican Party featuring Janelle & Kelvin King as the guest speakers.
Floyd Democrat Party Chairman Vincent Mendes signing in at Floyd Republican Meeting on June 26th.
Mendes was accompanied by the Floyd Democrat Party Vice President Marquita Davis and Shawn Harris, the current Democrat opponent of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-14), and the Democrat nominee in the last election. One has to wonder how MTG feels knowing her Democrat opponent was welcome to attend a GOP meeting in her home town …
Shawn Harris on his campaign website says he wants to “restore Roe,” the unconstitutional murderous abortion precedent, and he wants to expand nanny-state welfarism through more government programs. Why would someone with such ideology so diametrically opposed to the Republican platform want to attend a GOP meeting?
Floyd County GOP Chair Pam Peters stands proudly beside Floyd Democrat Party Vice Chair Marquita Davis(circled) at the meeting.Democrat nominee Shawn Harris (circled) attending the GOP meeting
“I am not really surprised but rather disappointed,” said Etowah RA President Angela Rubino. “I would have hated to have been photographed with Democrats at a GOP members’ meeting.”
If your “big tent” is so big it encompasses everyone and every ideology, you cease to have a tent at all. If the goal of the party is to make itself appealing to an ever larger and broader electorate, this would defeat the purpose of having a political party at all. Simply put… if everyone is a Republican, then no one is.
One might argue that Election Integrity (the topic of the Floyd GOP Meeting) might be a topic of interest for both Republicans and Democrats, but this kind of fraternization at a GOP members’ meeting is still quite bizarre.
Another might argue that DINOs (Democrats in Name Only) do exist, and perhaps this is an example of Democrats defecting. But it would be strange if Democrat party officers, and an active Democrat candidate were to fit into that category
“It appears Floyd County is pushing a Uni-Party agenda and blurring the lines when the people spoke clearly on November 5th for radical change in policies,” added Rubino. “It is concerning. As a member of the Floyd GOP, I feel unwelcome and unwanted when I attend these meetings, but the Democrats look pretty cozy!”
This incident highlights the concern across the state regarding Democrats infiltrating the Republican Party with their Leftist ideas and policies.
DONKEYS AND RINOS AND BEARS! OH MY!
Georgia has far more RED counties than BLUE counties, and in those rural red counties, many Democrats, RINOs, and possibly even Marxists are trying to sneak in wearing Republican masks so that they can advance Statism using the resources of the proponents of freedom!
That is why the Georgia Republican Assembly’s successful work is so crucial to help the state and local GOPs protect their branding by enforcing minimum standards against fake Republican politicians.
Now the RINO Establishment at the Gold Dome and their minions across the state are working to strike back against the GRA! Over the next several weeks and months you can count on seeing the Establishment and their Leftist friends in the “fake news” media publicly lie about, attack, and malign the GRA, its leadership, and its membership.
You’ll probably see more political harassment and misrepresentation. They will use anything they can to try to prevent the grassroots from holding politicians accountable to long-professed Republican principles that have made America great. But we urge you to stay the course! The grassroots have never been stronger!
Atlanta, GA — On last Tuesday, dozens of election integrity activists (many of whom are GRA members) spoke before the State House’s “Blue Ribbon Study Committee” at the State Capitol, urging legislators to adopt real election integrity reform in Georgia.
Field Searcy
“Much like the fable The Emperor’s New Clothes, we continue to hear strong declarations that Georgia’s elections are secure, yet beneath these confident statements of public trust and high turnout, are persistent, well-documented problems that are impossible to ignore for anyone paying attention,” said GRA member Field Searcy, leader of Georgians for Truth, during public comments.
The public speakers included both conservatives and Democrats however the vast majority advocated for hand marked paper ballots.
Georgia House Blue Ribbon Study Committee on Election Integrity
Cheating can also occur using paper ballots, they would be auditable and can be verified with a “paper trail,” unlike the electronic Dominion system.
“We are still voting on the same system we voted on in 2020,” said election integrity leader Sam Carnline, also with Georgians for Truth.
Garland Favorito of VoterGA also spoke and raised concerns that our voter data has been outsourced to a Sales Force cloud and our PII (Personally Identifiable Information) is going to third parties without our consent.
This Study Committee may be an attempt to placate the election integrity patriots without providing any meaningful reform, but if so, it is still a good sign that Georgia legislators felt a need to do so. This is an indication of progress for the election integrity movement. Every meeting gives activists an opportunity to keep pressure on the legislators and make our concerns heard by both legislators and constituents. Hopefully we can break through the noise to awaken the disengaged Republicans who only pay attention on Election Day.
We desperately need your Republican-voting friends, neighbors and church members to help us turn Georgia around by getting politically informed and engaged in between elections. Please encourage your less-engaged Republican friends to take a look at our Legislative Scorecards and sign up for our email newsletter on our website.
We urge all GRA members to consider attending the next Blue Ribbon committee meeting August 8th in Rockmart.
Another opportunity to advance election integrity is coming up at the State Election Board Meeting July 29th-30th at 9AM at the Georgia State Capital – Room 341.
Today the GRA Board met in-person in Woodstock at the Cherokee County GOP Headquarters. Among the business addressed at the meeting were the passage of timely resolutions addressing several recent events in Georgia politics.
This is the first Board meeting we’ve been able to have since the GA GOP State Convention, the “Goodbye GRA” email attacks, and the announcement of the shut down of First Liberty Capital in Coweta County. So the Board unanimously passed a series of resolutions as official statements on these and other urgent events, which we invite you to read here:
The GRA addresses the use of microphones at Republican conventions.The GRA calls for justice & restitution for all harmed by the alleged actions associated with First Liberty Building & LoanThe GRA commends GOP organizations which have blocked RINOs from primary ballot.
These resolutions, among others, were endorsed by the Georgia Republican Assembly (which is NOT the GAGOP), by its membership, and the GRA rallied with other principled grassroots conservatives to successfully have them passed by the GAGOP.
VoterGA, a non-profit election integrity group, put out this report about Brad Raffensperger following the resolution at the Georgia Republican Party convention.
Soon after this victory, a coordinated attack campaign was launched by those seemingly resembling the graphic at the top of this e-mail, making up lies about the Georgia Republican Assembly (GRA) and its members. The GRA is committed to ensuring members voices are heard and respected, and that GRA officers do not disregard the will of its members. While GRA members are always free to enact their conscience, GRA officers are required to practice what we preach: following the will of our membership (which is why people should feel comfortable joining).
At least one GRA officer, after being warned, decided not to do this at the GAGOP convention, and they were removed according to our rules, as per our last message. This led to a number of those aligned with such behavior removing themselves from the organization, before our internal investigatory processes likely recommended the removal of more.
It has also been discovered that some people were not given complete and accurate information were being deceived into agreeing to resign and then that decision being twisted into the appearance of attacks on the GRA. This was being done by those more interested in harming the GRA and grassroots than fighting the Democrats in 2025 and 2026.
Atlanta, GA — The federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the trajectory of the Catoosa GOP’s case dealing with their right to refuse to allow four RINO past-serving commissioners to run again as Republicans in the primary. We felt confident this would eventually happen as the case made its way up the ladder in the federal appeals process because SCOTUS precedent on this subject is so clearly favorable to the Catoosa GOP’s position.
The court also rebuked the lower court Judge Bill Ray in Rome for not recognizing the Catoosa GOP’s right to “freedom of speech” when the Board of Elections refused to publish the questions the Catoosa Republican Primary had submitted for the primary ballot last year.
The Catoosa County Republican Party issued this statement:
Opponents to accountability on the primary ballot have argued that Georgia’s state law does not allow political parties to deny primary ballot access, but the 11th Circuit said any such restrictions in the state law would be in violation of the 1st Amendment’s protection of “freedom of association.” In addressing the Catoosa GOP’s standing to sue, one key part of the text of the federal court’s opinion said:
“We respectfully disagree with the district court’s reasons for distinguishing our Duke cases. The court noted that this case in-volved a county-level political party, rather than a state or national party. But we see no reason why a county-level party, and its constituent members, would not also enjoy the right to freedom of association and the right to identify those who constitute the local party based on political beliefs. See id. The court also suggested that the Duke cases are different because they involved a presidential primary where the party ‘enjoyed substantial discretionary power’ to select candidates, but Georgia state law ‘provides no discretion for a county party to deny qualification to candidates based on substantive concerns.’ See O.C.G.A. § 21-2-153. That state law may prevent the Catoosa GOP from excluding primary candidates for ideological reasons, though, simply shows that its right to freedom of association has been burdened. It does not negate the right. After all, a political party’s constitutional right to exclude, ‘central to its freedom of association,’ is not derived from state law. Wash. State Grange v. Wash. State Republican Party, 552 U.S. 442, 445 (2008).” (Underlining added.)
Joanna Hildreth
In addition to addressing the standing to sue for “right of association,” the 11th Circuit also addressed the subject of the ballot questions that were not allowed to be published as a violation of the county GOP’s “freedom of speech.” This aspect of the controversy in the case often gets eclipsed by the other aspect dealing with the right of association. The court said that even though the ballots are published by the government, that medium does not take away from a private entity’s freedom of speech. Catoosa GOP Chairman Joanna Hildreth (who was re-elected this year) & her team submitted three primary ballot questions last year to be included on the county GOP primary ballot, as political parties often do, but the Board of Elections refused to publish them.
The two primary ballot questions that the court included in their opinion were these:
”1. Do you think anti-Trump Democrats should be able to get a court order to force the elections board to qualify them as Republican candidates for office?
“2. Did you know that [the four excluded candidates (listed by name)] were not approved to run as Repub-licans by the Republican Party?”
The 11th Circuit Court remanded the case (sent the case back to the lower federal judge, presumably Judge Billy Ray in Rome) to take another stab at addressing the Catoosa GOP’s suit — this time on its merits.
You can read the entire opinion of the 11th Circuit Court by clicking here.
We were very pleased that GA GOP Chairman Josh McKoon appointed the members of the convention Resolutions Committee who passed the resolutions censuring Speaker Jon Burns and instructing the GA GOP to not allow Brad Raffensperger to re-qualify in a Republican primary. In particular, Resolutions Committee Chairwoman Suzi Voyles and State Rep. Noelle Kahaian (R-Henry), GRA members on the committee, were instrumental in seeing these passed out of the committee and brought to the convention floor.
State Rep. Noelle Kahaian
The Raffensperger resolution passed the committee by a margin of 9 to 6. But the Burns censure resolution passed unanimously. We appreciate all of the support from the Resolutions Committee!
Many GRA members voted for Josh McKoon’s re-election as the GA GOP Chairman this past Saturday because of his show of support for accountability through these resolutions passed by his appointed committee.
However, since the state convention adjourned, Georgia Republicans have received some mixed messages from Chairman McKoon on this subject.
Yesterday multiplenewsoutletsreported that Chairman McKoon had made a statement suggesting he probably would not enforce the resolution the delegation passed, and would allow Raffensperger to qualify in spite of the delegates’ instructions.
This is concerning since, according to the GA GOP Rules, the Chairman has no choice other than to obey the mandate of the delegation in the Raffensperger resolution. Section 5.1 of the GA GOP rules state clearly that the Chairman “shall perform the duties required … by the state convention.” This is one of those duties.
The state convention instructed McKoon to “refuse to qualify or allow to be qualified Brad Raffensperger…”. Josh McKoon has no discretion to not follow the explicit instructions of the state convention because the rules explicitly say he must “perform the duties of the state convention.”
Those who falsely believe that “Resolutions are not motions that are binding,” should read Roberts Rules of Order sections 59:67 and 10:13, which also governs the GA GOP. Indeed, since the mandate of the GA GOP Executive Committee to block Duncan was also made in the form of a resolution, Chairman McKoon already manifestly knows this is not true.
For the last four years, the Establishment of the GA GOP has fought against the GRA passing this Raffensperger resolution. Why would they have worked so hard to prevent it from passing at a state convention if resolutions are of no effect? Answer: They wouldn’t.
Chairman McKoon addressed the question of blocking wayward candidates from the primary ballot at our State Endorsement Convention, which you can see the video recording of here. He warned that attempting to block a candidate from running would require facing litigation from the candidate, but he never said he was unwilling to pursue that litigation. He has made similar statements on other occasions.
If the GA GOP takes this bold stand for election integrity by blocking Brad Raffensperger, this would likely inspire many election integrity loving Trump supporters to donate in support of the legal battle.
Grassroots Republicans love to see someone aggressively oppose corruption and the GA GOP would likely have no problem raising funds to pursue that litigation to defend the freedom of association. We predict Republicans will rally together just as we did to protect the alternate electors from 2020. We at the GRA pledge to back that effort.
Does Chairman McKoon think that this kind of blocking of a candidate from qualifying in the primary would be illegal? Apparently not, because he also yesterday morning put out a statement expressing his support for the Catoosa County GOP’s lawsuit against their RINO county commissioners:
We applaud Chairman McKoon for making this statement in support of the Catoosa GOP and their legal exercise of their First Amendment rights to “freedom of association,” but we encourage him to be consistent.
Georgia’s state code cannot supersede constitutional law. The state law must be interpreted in light of constitutional law, and constitutional law vests private entities like political parties with a right of association that cannot be undermined by statutory code. The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed this multiple times in recent decades.
The text of the Raffensperger resolution
However, this above statement from Chairman McKoon does seem to somewhat contradict his statement being broadcast yesterday morning by the news. If the Catoosa GOP’s legal position has merit, then so does a similar effort by the GA GOP to block Raffensperger from the primary ballot.
We expect Chairman Josh McKoon to fulfill his duties as the GA GOP Chairman and to enforcethe expressed will of the GA GOP State Convention delegates.
The GRA hereby calls on Chairman McKoon to protect the reputation of the Georgia Republican Party from an elected government official who lacks integrity and does not share our commitment to accurate elections.
We pledge to stand by him and support him in fulfilling that duty in every way possible when qualifying starts next March.
Dalton, GA – On Saturday, an overwhelming majority of delegates at the Georgia Republican Party state convention approved a resolution prohibiting Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger from being allowed to run in a future Republican primary.
The resolution states:
“It is resolved 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 unless and until a GAGOP Convention removes this restriction; and,
Be it further resolved that the Georgia Republican Party shall fully defend against any future litigation or legal action taken by Brad Raffensperger or others that in any way claims that the Georgia Republican Party is or can be required to allow Brad Raffensperger to run for public office as a Republican.”
This comes after the Secretary of State has repeatedly opposed and obstructed Republican efforts to establish secure and transparent elections. In addition to the well known Curling v. Raffenspergercase which exposed and uncovered massive vulnerabilities in Georgia’s elections, the Dekalb GOP filed a lawsuit against Brad Raffensperger in regard to the encryption keys which were stored in the database in plain text. When this password became public knowledge election integrity activists made t-shirts featuring the password in order to expose the absurd vulnerability of the Dominion voting systems.
“The system is obviously not secure if the system admin password is so readily available,” said Field Searcy leader of Georgians for Truth and GRA Board member.
Some would go so far as to say that the Secretary of State’s actions do not represent incompetence, but rather malfeasance of office. Either way, it is clear Raffensperger did not meet the minimum standard the Republican Party expects from a Republican elected official.
Long Awaited Victory
Back in 2021, at the state convention in Jekyl Island, (the year Brad Raffensperger had been denied election as a Republican delegate in his own precinct) Alex Johnson (then GRA President) proposed a resolution censoring and blocking Brad Raffensperger. The idea was debated on the convention floor where the establishment along with chairman, Randy Evans argued that such an action was not legal, would lead to an expensive lawsuit, and the effort was ultimately not successful.
“After 16 years of Republican Party conventions, this was the most meaningful one in party history,” said Alex Johnson GRA Chairman and President of the NFRA.
While most resolutions merely express the views of the party and educate the public on issues, they usually have no teeth. This resolution was unique in that it gives direction to the party leadership and requires them to abide by it, and even take action to defend the decision from legal challenges. It is important to remember that political parties control ballot access for their primary. The Republican primary ballot doesn’t belong to the government or to the general public, it belongs to the Republican party.
The negative reputation of Georgia’s Secretary of State is well known, and Trump supporting patriots across the country recognize the name Brad Raffensperger due to the nationwide attention Georgia received as a result of the 2020 and 2021 elections.
Raffensperger has been known to threaten local county elections superintendent’s and boards if they feel inclined to change their system to comply with certain election laws.
“Georgia counties don’t follow the election laws because of Raffensperger and his staff,” said Field Searcy.
In Dekalb County, Michelle Long Spears, a Democrat candidate for Commissioner and was shocked to see the election results that showed she received zero votes in her own precinct. She knew she voted for herself, and believed her husband also voted for her. When this concern about the accuracy of the Dekalb election was raised, and election integrity advocates called for a hand recount, the Secretary of State’s office opposed them. They conducted a hand recount anyway, and it completely altered the winner in the race! After the hand recount, instead of being in 3rd place Spears came in first. Advocates of election integrity have not forgotten that Brad Raffensperger attempted to block them from conducting that hand recount.
GA GOP Responsive to Republican Voters
The results of the non-binding ballot questions on the 2024 Republican primary ballot voters made it clear that election integrity is a major concern for Republican voters. 64% of Republican primary voters wanted hand marked paper ballots, and 80% wanted clean voter rolls requiring registered voters to renew their registration every four years. The Georgia Republican Party delegates responded.
This Resolution was a last resort after Republican activists have tried every possible way to express their concerns and work with the SOS to establish secure, transparent elections, and have received intense opposition instead of assistance.
The delegates on Saturday collectively said “enough is enough” and cut all ties with Georgia’s current Secretary of State. Raffensperger remains free to run for office as a Democrat or an Independent or join a third party, if they will have him. They concluded that we need to protect the reputation of the Georgia Republican party from an elected official who doesn’t share our commitment to election integrity.
There were 1,713 Republican delegates in attendance Saturday not counting the alternates and guests observing in the back. The Raffensperger resolution was one of several included in a package that was submitted to the body by the resolutions committee under the leadership of Suzi Voyles and with strong support from state Rep. Noel Kahaian.
Getting the party to implement a minimum standard, requiring candidates to share a minimum level of adherence to the GOP platform has been a goal of the GRA for several years. Delegates visiting the GRA vendor table at the convention were eager to sign the GRA petition to block Raffensperger, who is arguably the most distrusted Republican politician in the state.
GRA members and supporters are excited about this massive victory and believe the GAGOP will be stronger and better able to engage and recruit new party members as a result of this action protecting the GOP brand.
This is an example of the GAGOP exercising their constitutional right to the freedom of association.
“The government cannot force a Baptist church to ordain a Hindu or a Muslim as their minister,” said Nathaniel Darnell, GRA President, “and they can’t force the Republican Party to associate with Brad Raffensperger when he relentlessly acts contrary to Republican beliefs and objectives.”
This resolution has the same effect as the Accountability Rule the GRA proposed at the 2023 GOP Convention, and the same effect as the actions taken by the Catoosa GOP in 2024.
While some argue that anyone and everyone should be allowed to claim the label “Republican” regardless of what they believe or how they act, we believe the Republican primary should be reserved for only those candidates who embrace at least a minimum number of the Republican principles outlined in our platform.
“This resolution serves as a warning to all Republican elected officials in Georgia who like to utilize the resources and volunteers in the Republican Party, while simultaneously stomping all over our platform and dismissing the legitimate policy concerns of party activists. We are grateful to all the delegates who voted in favor of the resolution and look forward to assisting the party in implementing other accountability measures to protect the Republican brand and protect Georgians who are being harmed by RINO public policy,” said Darnell.
Last week, despite receiving many calls and emails from concerned Georgians urging him to veto the bill, Governor Brian Kemp signed into law an appalling, unjust, anti-Republican bill, SB 144 which gives pesticide makers immunity from lawsuits if their products harm consumers. Pesticide producer Monsanto/Bayer has faced more than 150,000 lawsuits over Roundup.
“It is shocking that in the wake of the MAHA movement (“Make America Healthy Again”) our Republican state legislators would be so tone deaf as to give special immunity to Bayer/Monsanto,” said Nathaniel Darnell, GRA President.
Reuters reported that Monsanto/Bayer “has paid about $10 billion to settle disputed claims that Roundup, based on the herbicide glyphosate, causes cancer.”
“We are exploring every possibility to end this litigation,” said Bayer.
Which Republican Legislators Voted for SB 144 and helped them avoid accountability in the courtroom?
