{"id":2335518,"date":"2024-09-02T08:48:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-malign-election-rules-meant-to-bolster-certification-process\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T08:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:50:50","slug":"media-malign-election-rules-meant-to-bolster-certification-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-malign-election-rules-meant-to-bolster-certification-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Malign Election Rules Meant To Bolster Certification Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-malign-election-rules-meant-to-bolster-certification-process%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2335518&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Georgia&#8217;s State \u2062Election Board (SEB) has implemented \u200cnew rules aimed\u2062 at ensuring the accuracy\u200b of election results before certification, which has been met with criticism from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-medical-professor-on-desantis-covid-success-because-hes-very-well-informed-better-than-most-epidemiologists\/\" title=\"Stanford Medical Professor On DeSantis: COVID Success Because He\u2019s \u2018Very Well Informed,\u2019 Better Than \u2018Most Epidemiologists\u2019\">left-leaning media<\/a>. The rules allow county election boards to conduct &#8220;reasonable\u2063 inquiries&#8221;\u200b and review all relevant \u200celection documentation before\u200d certifying results, as clarified \u200cin Rule 183-1-12-.02 and Rule 183-1-12-.12. Critics, including CBS News, argue that these rules may delay \u200belection certification and benefit \u200b&#8221;election conspiracy theorists.&#8221; However,\u2062 SEB member Janelle\u200b King emphasized the importance\u200c of trusting the process to validate outcomes, asserting that the \u200crules provide clarity and do not alter certification timelines. Despite allegations from media outlets, experts like\u2062 Ken Cuccinelli have pointed out \u2062that compliance with these rules\u200d is essential for \u200dmaintaining\u2062 the\u200d integrity of the \u200delection process and do not change the certification deadlines. \u200dthe SEB&#8217;s \u200dactions are\u200c intended to enhance transparency and accuracy in the electoral \u2062process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Georgia&rsquo;s State Election Board (SEB) recently passed a series of rules aimed at ensuring that election results are accurate before they are certified. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debra-messing-shames-media-waukesha-massacre-was-not-an-accident-dont-minimize-crime\/\" title=\"Debra Messing Shames Media: Waukesha Massacre &#039;Was Not an Accident... Don&#039;t Minimize&#039; Crime\">left-wing corporate media<\/a> is maligning the rules in an effort to make election certification nothing more than a hollow formality.<\/p>\n<p>One rule <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/08\/georgia-elections-board-confirms-officials-right-to-reasonable-inquiry-before-certifying-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approved<\/a> by the SEB (Rule 183-1-12-.02) <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.ga.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-07\/Notice%20of%20Proposed%20Rulemaking%20-%20183-1-12-.02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clarifies<\/a> that county election boards can fulfill their certification responsibility &ldquo;after reasonable inquiry that the tabulation and canvasing of the election are complete and accurate and that the results are a true and accurate accounting of all votes cast in that election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/16\/georgia-board-to-vote-on-requiring-number-of-ballots-cast-to-equal-number-of-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">separate rule<\/a> (Rule 183-1-12-.12) <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.ga.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-07\/notice_of_proposed_rulemaking_183_1_12_12_1_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">permits<\/a>, in part, board members to review &ldquo;all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-ga-county-should-rubber-stamp-elections-no-questions\/\" title=\"Dems: GA County Should Rubber-Stamp Elections, No Questions\">election related documentation created<\/a> during the conduct of elections prior to certification of results.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But apparently, accuracy risks &ldquo;undermining election certification,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/republican-backed-georgia-rules-risk-undermining-election-certification-critics-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The propaganda press has set out to do the bidding of Democrats (including Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; campaign) to amplify the narrative that it&rsquo;s better to rubber-stamp an election with no questions asked than to confirm that the election results are accurate.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News&rsquo; Katrina Kaufman, Madeleine May, and Scott MacFarlane suggest the rules are meant to help &ldquo;election conspiracy theorists across the country &hellip; attempt to delay the final tabulation of results.&rdquo; But all the rules really do is clarify the role that county officials play in confirming that results are accurate as part of the certification process &mdash; a process that&rsquo;s incredibly important, SEB Member Janelle King tells The Federalist.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not about the outcome, it&rsquo;s about the process,&rdquo; King <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/29\/georgia-gov-consults-state-ag-about-removing-gop-election-board-members-after-dems-wage-intimidation-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;If the process is right, you can then trust the outcome.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>CNN&rsquo;s Nick Valencia, Sara Murray, Jason Morris, and Jade Gordon echoed CBS News&rsquo; baseless claim, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/19\/politics\/georgia-election-board-meeting\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writing<\/a>, &ldquo;GOP-controlled election board in Georgia passes rule that could further delay certification.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>CBS News election law contributor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qzbUxEuAGU8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Becker<\/a> suggests the rules would allow a single county to refuse to certify, which would then delay the state from certifying the results by the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>But as the chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative Ken Cuccinelli explains in a post on X, &ldquo;the rules provide clarity &amp; do not in any way change [the] timeline of certification.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacFarlaneNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MacFarlaneNews<\/a> Glad to see you covering this issue. Mr. Becker should stick to the golf course. He is woefully mistaken in his interpretation of the GA SEB Rules.<\/p>\n<p>1) The rules provide clarity &amp; do not in any way change timeline of certification. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ezIbZDsIah\">https:\/\/t.co\/ezIbZDsIah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2)&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Ken Cuccinelli II (@KenCuccinelli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenCuccinelli\/status\/1829530508750901703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Following the law in certification process ensures one voter returns one ballot &amp; is as simple as an airline making sure the number of people on the plane matches the number of tickets scanned for boarding. Rules create clarity,&rdquo; Cuccinelli continued. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/28\/dems-want-ga-county-officials-to-rubber-stamp-elections-no-questions-asked-dnc-suit-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rule<\/a> 183-1-12-.12 does not change the certification deadline, even going so far as explicitly noting the 5:00 p.m. certification deadline on the Monday following the election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you actually read the rule, you&rsquo;ll see there&rsquo;s nothing in there that would delay certification,&rdquo; Cobb County GOP Chairwoman Salleigh Grubbs, who proposed the rule, tells <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/28\/dems-want-ga-county-officials-to-rubber-stamp-elections-no-questions-asked-dnc-suit-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Federalist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CNN further laments that county election officials can &ldquo;investigate any possible discrepancies.&rdquo; WABE&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabe.org\/georgia-election-board-approves-another-rule-that-could-disrupt-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sam Gringlas<\/a> similarly bemoans the new rules, which in part allow election board members, should they &ldquo;identify a discrepancy,&rdquo; to investigate the discrepancy before certification.<\/p>\n<p>For example, before certifying the election results, a county could investigate why more ballots were cast than the number of voters who voted. The SEB ruled in May that Fulton County <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/21\/ga-attorney-general-says-his-office-wont-investigate-fulton-county-over-its-illegal-2020-conduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">violated the law<\/a> during the 2020 election when it double-scanned more than 3,000 ballots. Kevin Moncla, who filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/voterga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2023-025-Counting-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaint<\/a> against the county, tells The Federalist the ballots were also double-counted since they appeared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/16\/georgia-board-to-vote-on-requiring-number-of-ballots-cast-to-equal-number-of-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cast vote record<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia&#8217;s State Election Board (SEB) has recently implemented a set of regulations designed to guarantee the accuracy of election results prior to their certification. However, left-leaning corporate media is criticizing these rules, suggesting they aim to trivialize the certification process. One specific regulation (Rule 183-1-12-.02) states that county election boards can fulfill their certification duties &#8220;after reasonable inquiry&#8221; confirming that the tabulation and canvassing are complete and accurate, reflecting a true count of all votes cast. Another rule (Rule 183-1-12-.12) allows board members to review &#8220;all election-related documentation created during elections&#8221; before certifying results.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, CBS News claims that ensuring accuracy could potentially &#8220;undermine election certification.&#8221; The media appears to be promoting a narrative favored by Democrats\u2014including Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; campaign\u2014that suggests it is preferable to quickly approve elections without scrutiny rather than verify the correctness of the results. CBS News reporters have implied that these new rules may empower &#8220;election conspiracy theorists&#8221; nationwide in attempts to delay final result tabulations.<\/p>\n<p>However, SEB member Janelle King emphasized in an interview with The Federalist that these regulations merely clarify county officials&#8217; roles in verifying result accuracy as part of an essential certification process. She stated, \u201cIt\u2019s not about the outcome; it\u2019s about the process,\u201d asserting that trust in outcomes stems from proper procedures being followed.<\/p>\n<p>CNN echoed CBS&#8217;s unfounded assertions by reporting on how Georgia&#8217;s GOP-controlled election board passed rules potentially leading to further delays in certifications. Election law expert David Becker suggested these changes might allow one county to refuse certification and thus postpone statewide results past deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Ken Cuccinelli from the Election Transparency Initiative clarified on social media that these rules do not alter any timelines for certification but instead provide necessary clarity regarding processes involved. He likened following legal protocols during certifications to ensuring passenger counts match ticket scans for flights\u2014both are crucial for maintaining integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The new regulations explicitly maintain a 5:00 p.m. deadline for certifications on the Monday following elections; Cobb County GOP Chairwoman Salleigh Grubbs noted there is nothing within them indicating any potential delays if read correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Critics like CNN lamented provisions allowing county officials to investigate discrepancies before certifying results\u2014such as instances where more ballots were cast than voters recorded\u2014which could lead backtracking similar issues seen during previous elections like Fulton County&#8217;s double-scanning incident in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Brianna Lyman serves as an elections correspondent at The Federalist and holds a degree from Fordham University in International Political Economy; her work has appeared across various news platforms including Newsmax and Fox News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2335519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-30-at-3.33.43-PM-e1725046526921-1024x577.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7380,25952,6571,4188,5565],"class_list":["post-2335518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-misinformation","tag-certification","tag-elections","tag-media","tag-regulations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-30-at-3.33.43-PM-e1725046526921-1024x577.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}