Members of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) have been blocked from observing the compilation of vote totals in the state’s primary election this week, according to state GOP Chairman Josh McKoon, who demanded Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger reverse the decision. McKoon called the denial of access to the Election Night Reporting Room “outrageous” and “an unacceptable assault on transparency and a direct threat to the integrity of Georgia’s elections.”
The secretary of state’s secure, centralized Election Night Reporting Room — known in Georgia election circles as “the Bunker” — is an underground facility on the east side of Atlanta where votes from Georgia’s 159 counties are aggregated in real time and statewide results are prepared for public release. On election nights, a small team of SOS staff monitors the process in a conference-room-style setting as final numbers roll in.
A sitting member of the SEB quickly amplified McKoon’s demand. Salleigh Grubbs, who also serves as the Georgia Republican Party’s first vice chair, posted that she was “shocked to be told that the final tabulation of Georgia votes … is done behind closed doors, without transparency, independent observation and accountability.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/18/georgia-election-board-barred-from-vote-observation-room-echoing-2020-obstruction/
