📢🚨Georgia RICO Part Duex - S2:E2 “Non-Residents”🎗️⚠️
Word Count: 201 words | Reading Time: ~1 min
Source: Georgia Senate Ethics Committee Meeting, February 2, 2026
I listen to these meetings and dissect the transcripts so you don’t have to.
⚖️ HB 414 — Ethics Commission Long-Arm Statute
Passed committee unanimously — gives Georgia’s Ethics Commission jurisdiction to investigate anyone, anywhere who spends money to influence Georgia elections
When asked for specific cases of out-of-state bad actors, the director cited bar rules and offered zero verifiable examples
Neither the bill’s author nor the director could name a single other state that has done this
Three days later: Senate 50-1. Six days after that: House 167-0
⚖️ SB 422 — Move Municipal Elections to Even Years
Would supersede every city charter in all 536 Georgia cities — no opt-in, no local say
The pitch: 10-20% turnout is too low. Not a single study was cited in committee
Academic research (MIT Election Lab, UW-Madison, Sightline Institute) shows consolidation brings less-informed voters who skip local races entirely — especially nonpartisan ones with no party cue
GMA opposed it. Survived on a 5-5 tie broken by the chair
⚠️🚨 The FBI’s 700 boxes of Fulton County ballots remain in federal custody. The investigation originated from Kurt Olsen — sanctioned by multiple courts for unsubstantiated election claims. The five-year statute of limitations has already expired.
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🤿 Dive Deeper
HB 414 — Full Text & Votes (LegiScan) — ~500 words, ~2 min read
SB 422 — Full Text & Status (LegiScan) — ~400 words, ~2 min read
MIT Election Lab — Effect of Election Consolidation on Turnout — ~2,000 words, ~8 min read
Sightline Institute — The Bizarre Red-Blue Politics of Election Consolidation (2024) — ~5,000 words, ~20 min read
Coalition for Integrity — State Campaign Finance Index — ~3,000 words, ~12 min read
Georgia Recorder — FBI Raid Relied on Previously Investigated Claims — ~1,500 words, ~6 min read
📺 Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qicpXRNYNdQ
~55 min viewing time | ~8,200 words in transcript | ~33 min reading time