Fulton County elections director survives vote for removal

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Georgia’s Fulton County Elections Director Richard Barron may keep his job after all.

The Board of Registration and Elections voted on Tuesday to fire Barron, who has held the post since 2013, after a turbulent 2020 general election and two U.S. Senate runoff contests, but on Wednesday, county commissioners failed to affirm a recommendation to terminate him, which stretches the debate into next month.

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