Judge to hear Fulton County's arguments for return of 2020 election material

A federal judge will hear arguments from Fulton County officials seeking to recover 2020 election materials that the FBI seized during a search warrant execution at the county's elections office. The FBI took physical ballots, voting machine tapes, ballot images, and voter rolls as part of an ongoing investigation. The seizure raises questions about access to election records and the scope of the federal investigation into Georgia's 2020 vote counting and certification process. Fulton County's attempt to retrieve the materials will likely test the bounds of what law enforcement can retain from election offices during federal probes. The outcome will have implications for how elections offices handle cooperation with federal investigations into potential electoral irregularities.