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Opinion: Board of Elections needs to learn the rules of the game — and fast

Craig Lutz, a member of the Hall County Elections Board, speaks during a Jan. 16, 2018, Elections Board meeting in which the board rescinded a 2017 vote to adopt bilingual ballots for county and state elections. - photo by David Barnes

01172018 ELECTIONS 0007.jpg — Craig Lutz, a member of the Hall County Elections Board, speaks during a Jan. 16, 2018, Elections Board meeting in which the board rescinded a 2017 vote to adopt bilingual ballots for county and state elections. - photo by David Barnes

Last week, the Hall County Board of Elections proved that not only is it not at the top of its game, it doesn’t really even understand the rules.