How Janice Johnston is ‘laying the groundwork for chaos’ in Georgia’s elections

A new Twitter account purporting to represent the Georgia state board of elections was set up last month .

The account was created by Janice Johnston , a member of the board who was appointed by the state Republican party in 2022 .

The board is under scrutiny for pushing through new rules that could lead to delays in certifying election results this fall .

In January of 2022 , the Georgia Republican party nominated Johnston to fill its seat on the Georgia election board.

She suggested that there could be more than 17,000 ballots missing in Fulton county because images of the ballots had not been provided.

Johnston suggested that something had been amiss with the 2020 election (the results were affirmed by two different recounts).

Georgia election board member is a connection between election deniers and a powerful government body.

During her time on the board of elections, Johnston has defended election conspiracists.

Last year , she supported an unsuccessful effort to force True the Vote to produce evidence to back up allegations of ballot fraud.

In May , she voted down a proposed rule that would have required local officials to reconcile minor discrepancies.