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Officials, secretary of state and others, are people who are trained to oversee elections. that is their job, to do that. now what you see in these states like texas, arizona, georgia, they're putting it in the hands of legislatures, the political legislatures. >> reporter: case in point. georgia's election integrity act of 2021. 98 pages long. it was signed in law in march by governor brian cam ep repeating that republican mantra. >> it bill makes it easy to vote and hard to cheat. >> reporter: among its provisions, it strips power from the georgia secretary of state and allows lawmakers to i...

Vote and hard to cheat. >> reporter: among its provisions? it strips power from the georgia secretary of state, and allows lawmakers to intervene in how counties administer and count the vote. >> sounds like it makes it easier for the politicians to cheat. >> you could have that perception. you are going to have your i.d. with you. >> reporter: tiny adams is herd county, georgia's elections supervisor. >> i believe it's a massive power grab. the secretary of state has been removed as a voting member of the state election board. basically, tossing the secretary of state aside for a political pe...

How counties administer and count the vote. >> sounds like it makes it easier for the politicians to cheat. >> you could have that perception. you're going to have your i.d. with him. >> herd county georgia's elections supervisor. >> i believe it's a massive power grab. the secretary of state has been removed as a voting member of the state election board. >> basically tossing the secretary of state aside for a political person. >> exactly. >> reporter: in arizona, republican legislators have made their power grab blatant, passing a law that strips some election oversight powers from the arizo...

Working to safe guard u.s. democracy. >> what you have with local officials, secretaries of states and others are people who are trained to over see elections. that's their job to do that. now what you see in these states like texas, arizona, georgia is they're starting to pull that back and put it in the hands of the legislatures, the political legis legislatures. >> georgia's election integrity act of 2021, 98 pages long. it was signed into law in march by governor brian kemp repeating that republican mantra. >> this bill makes it easy to vote and hard to cheat. >> among its provisions, it s...

New leader heads Coffee Co. Elections Board after forced resignations By Gabrielle Ware | April 15, 2021 at 7:29 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 8:04 PM DOUGLAS, Ga. (WALB) - Coffee County now has a new elections supervisor. The former supervisor resigned “in lieu of termination.” James Barnes is now the new elections supervisor. He told Former Elections Supervisor, Misty Martin, and former Elections Assistant, Jil Ridlehoover resigned in February. The board says the two did this to avoid being fired. This comes two months after the board was unable to certify their recount results i...