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Opinion: MAGA and Georgia State Election Board schemes put on ice — for now

Photo/Matthew Pearson/WABE via The Associated Press / People line up around the building at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer branch of the Dekalb County Public Library on the first day of early voting on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024 in Tucker, Ga.
Photo/Matthew Pearson/WABE via The Associated Press / People line up around the building at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer branch of the Dekalb County Public Library on the first day of early voting on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024 in Tucker, Ga. Photo/Matthew Pearson/WABE via The Associated Press / People line up around the building at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer branch of the Dekalb County Public Library on the first day of early voting on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024 in Tucker, Ga.

With Election Day looming, the courts are batting away attempts by MAGAistas to sway the race their way.

Last time, after being declared the loser, former President Donald Trump and his acolytes tried lying, cajoling, suing, threatening and even rioting to undo the election results.

This time, there has been an effort by Georgia’s rogue State Election Board, and from a host of others, to create a framework for Trump to chip away at the electoral system if he loses again.

The efforts, passed in the name of election fairness, could create chaos. And into that chaotic void, MAGA faithful could sweep away the normal democratic electoral safeguards to try to weasel their guy back into office.

In the past week, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney slapped down two efforts to open the door for Trump if he doesn’t win.