expand their power over choosing board members. and at least three of those election boards republicans have replaced black democrats with republicans. reuters reports quote, the unusual rash of restructurings follows the states passage of senate bill 202 which restricted ballot access statewide and allowed the republican controlled state election board to assume control of county boards it deems under performing. the board immediately launched a performance review of the democratic leaning fulton county board which oversees part of atlanta, reconstituted boards in two of the six counties have already moved to restrict voting access in addition to spaulding's termination of sunday voting. lincoln county has proposed consolidating seven precincts