Georgia's election board invites federal probe of its voting system

Georgia's state election board has formally invited the Trump administration to investigate its voting system, handing federal election probes an opening that other states have blocked.

The move arrives as two high-stakes statewide races run simultaneously in Georgia — Jon Ossoff defending his Senate seat against Republican Mike Collins, and a competitive governor's contest — making the state a direct intersection of election integrity politics and live electoral contests.

Georgia was the focal point of Trump's effort to challenge the 2020 result, and the board's invitation marks a significant reversal of the resistance that effort met at the state level six years ago.

Federal investigators now have an entry point in a state whose election machinery is already under scrutiny. Whether the probe produces findings before Tuesday's count closes is a separate question from whether its existence shapes how results in Georgia are disputed afterward.

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