Beth Majeroni, once carried out of Chatham County Board of Elections meeting, files 14-count court complaint

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) – Former state senate candidate Beth Majeroni has filed a formal complaint regarding a publicized incident involving the Chatham County Board of Elections (BOE) last summer, as first reported by Travis Jaudon of Connect Savannah.

Majeroni made headlines in July 2023 after being forcibly removed from a BOE meeting. She now has filed a 14-count court complaint against the board, as well as the Chairman, Thomas J. Mahoney III, and two Chatham County police officers, Andrew Nizwantowski and Robert Santoro, who removed her from the meeting.

The case was filed with the Southern District of the United States District Court, Savannah Division, on July 8.

In the complaint, Majeroni’s attorneys, Rachel Berlin Benjamin and Jonathan D. Grunberg, lay out the basis for their client’s complaint:

1. Majeroni cares deeply about her community and the rights of the public to
2. participate in their democracy. After serving as a poll watcher for the May 2022 primary and
3. witnessing several issues at the polling place, she followed up with open records act requests to the Chatham County Board of Elections (“BOE”). When those requests were not fully answered, she got a Chatham County grand jury to investigate the BOE. And that investigation resulted in the Chatham County grand jury advising the BOE to do better.
4. The BOE instead retaliated against Majeroni. In July of 2023, the BOE held its first
5. meeting that included a “formal” public comment period on the agenda. The BOE used this as an opportunity to retaliate against Majeroni by, inter alia, preventing her from speaking, having her arrested, and having her physically hauled out of the meeting.
6. The BOE and the officers who accosted Majeroni that day had no basis for their

1. misconduct other than to deny Majeroni her Constitutional rights and otherwise harm her. For this, they are liable.

Majeroni recently ran for Georgia State Senate, District 1, in the May 21 Republican Primary. She lost to incumbent Ben Watson.