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Ben JohnsonLast Updated: January 29, 2024

Location

Spalding County, Georgia

Insurrection Related Information

  • Election Denier

Occupation(s)

  • Chairman, County Board of Elections and Voter Registration

Executive Summary

In 2021, Johnson pushed the county to hire a private firm to obtain forensic images of the county’s election system. He also falsely claimed in a 2021 board meeting that a judge had ruled that Dominion voting machines were “illegal” in Georgia, and addressed a social media post to “fellow insurrectionists.”

Occupation(s)

Chairman, County Board of Elections and Voter Registration

Press Coverage

  • Election deniers in charge of some county election offices are continuing to sow mistrust in the electoral system

    Published on October 21, 2022 Read at CNN