Two East Cobb residents were recently appointed to the Cobb Board of Elections.
Stacy Butler Efrat was appointed by the Cobb Democratic Party, and Debbie Fisher was chosen by the Cobb Republican Party.
They were sworn in last week and began four-year terms on July 1.
Both are citizen-activists who have been involved in party politics at the local level.
Efrat is a member of Watching The Funds-Cobb, a watchdog group that monitors finances and spending by the Cobb County School District (see our profile story from 2021).
The group has been critical of Cobb school district purchases of COVID-19 sanitizing lights and handwashing machines that were the focus of a Cobb grand jury report, as well the district’s alert system vendor that changed last year after malfunctions.
Efrat has been active in canvassing for Democratic candidates in an East Cobb community that has been traditionally Republican. But in recent election cycles, Democratic candidates have been either winning or become more competitive.
Efrat is a risk manager in the financial industry and is a parent in the Walton High School cluster.Last year, she protested a new logo for East Side Elementary School, saying it resembled the Nazi eagle crest.
Fisher, retired from the internet security industry, is currently a vice president for party and grassroots development with the Cobb Republican Party.
In addition to those and other local GOP roles, she has been involved in civic affairs as a critic of Cobb County government spending and has spoken out against high-density zoning cases in East Cobb.
Earlier this year, she filed an ethics complaint against Cobb Commissioner Jerica Richardson over the latter’s political action committee activities.
But that complaint was dismissed by the Cobb Board of Ethics.
Fisher is the only appointee of Republican interests on the elections board. Jennifer Mosbacher, another East Cobb resident, is the appointee of Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid.
Chairwoman Tori Silas and Steven Bruning are appointees of the Cobb legislative delegation, which has a Democratic majority.
The first meeting for Efrat and Fisher is July 10.
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- East Cobb News Politics & Elections page
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It’s sad that fisher was appointed. Her ignorant rants at commission meetings show she wouldn’t even make a good dog catcher. But this seems typical of a current MEGA republican activists in Cobb. As a former lifelong Republican it’s hard to accept the current direction Cobb’s GOP has headed.