Here’s How Pro-Trump Georgia Officials Wrote New Rules to Deny Election Results

New emails obtained by Rolling Stone and American Doom reveal how conservative Georgia election officials laid the groundwork for new controversial state election rules designed to give more power to those officials to arbitrarily refuse to certify election results. 

Months before the Georgia State Election Board passed the rules, emails show a Donald Trump-supporter on the board solicited a wish list from conservative county election officials of the materials they would need.

“Thank you all for agreeing to provide input on this proposed Rule for Certification Documents needed for Superintendents prior to certification,” Dr. Janice Johnston, the Georgia State Election Board member, wrote on May 12. “What documents and reports do you need to certify the election results?”