Image Credit Russell Library Oral History/YouTube Georgia State Election Board member Edward Lindsey voted on matters brought before the board involving clients he was a registered lobbyist for. Author Shawn Fleetwood profile A member of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) participated in and voted on cases involving counties that he was a registered lobbyist for, The Federalist has learned.
In Georgia, members of the State Election Board are required to “avoid any appearance of conflict and/or impropriety,” according to the board’s Code of Conduct . In fact, members are expected to recuse themselves from any matter before the SEB in which the member or member’s employer has provided services to a “respondent, complainant, or witness.”
Georgia law also prohibits members of state boards from “engag[ing] in any business with the government, either directly or indirectly, which is inconsistent with the conscientious performance of his governmental duties.”
However, it appears SEB […]
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