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Sara Tindall Ghazal, the lone Democratic appointee on Georgia’s State Election Board, underscoring the breakdown between the board and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Ghazal said the relationship “basically no longer” functions after Raffensperger’s investigators stopped attending meetings to present cases to the board. Raffensperger’s office said they were tired of seeing their investigators being abused by board members aligned with President Donald Trump. Following the 2020 election, Raffensperger resisted Trump’s call to “find” enough votes to flip Georgia’s 2020 vote. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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While the private sector has embraced real-time payment tools, many public disbursements — from tax refunds to critical disaster relief payouts — still rely on traditional methods that can be slow, costly and vulnerable to misuse.
