A budding dispute between the State Election Board and Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker could lead to new litigation over the issues that drove Perdue v. Baker, the 2003 Georgia Supreme Court ruling that favored the AG in a dispute with the governor over who controlled the state’s litigation decisions.
J. Randolph “Randy” Evans, general counsel for the state Republican Party and a member of the election board, said Baker has twice refused an order from the Republican-dominated board to inform the Democratic Party of Georgia that its continued challenge to the state’s voter ID law constitutes frivolous litigation.
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