ATLANTA - A Fulton County Superior Court judge has cleared the way for the Georgia State Election Board to obtain 2020 presidential election ballots and related records from Fulton County after the board reopened its investigation into the county’s election handling last year.

Salleigh Grubbs, first vice chair of the Georgia Republican Party, will replace former state Sen. Rick Jeffares on the board.

The U.S. Justice Department sued Georgia, two other states and the District of Columbia for not handing over its voter registration data.

A Fulton County Superior Court judge has cleared the way for the Georgia State Election Board to obtain 2020 presidential election ballots and related records from Fulton County after the board reopened its investigation into the county’s election handling last year.

The tabulation tapes in question included 315,000 votes – exponentially more than the 11,780 votes mentioned by President Donald Trump in his fateful recorded phone call to Raffensperger in January 2021.

The Trump-Ralston phone call was reported the same week Willis finally appeared before a special state Senate committee investigating her prosecution and now failed indictment of Trump and 18 GOP allies on charges they engaged in a criminal conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.

Nearly two weeks after the December meeting of the Georgia State Election Board, some continue to claim Fulton County was fraudulent because tabulation tapes were not signed that included 315,000 votes.

The Justice Department sued Fulton County, Georgia, on Friday, seeking records related to the 2020 election as efforts continue to prove President Donald Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen from him.

Salleigh Grubbs will replace former state Sen. Rick Jeffares, who has served on the board since the start of 2024.

In newly obtained audio, President Trump reiterated his claims that he had won Georgia in 2020 in a phone call with the state’s House Speaker, David Ralston. Mr. Trump lost Georgia by more than 11,000 votes that year.

Dr. Jaha Howard has won the runoff in Georgia's Senate District 35 special election, securing a majority of the vote and earning a seat in the state Senate.