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Appeals court says Georgia may elect utility panel statewide, rejecting a ruling for district voting
1 year, 1 month ago

Appeals court says Georgia may elect utility panel statewide, rejecting a ruling for district voting

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Georgia can keep statewide elections for its five-member commission regulating utilities, overturning a lower court judge who found statewide elections illegally diluted Black votes. The ruling is important beyond Georgia’s Public Service Commission because it could help protect certain statewide elections in other states subject to scrutiny for racial discrimination …

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Georgia PSC elections again delayed after high court ruling
2 years, 4 months ago

Georgia PSC elections again delayed after high court ruling

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Two Georgia Public Service Commission elections will not occur this November, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, reversing an earlier appeals court ruling that allowed them to proceed. The Supreme Court decision came hours after a state court judge in a separate case overturned a residency challenge to Durand and allowed her to stay on the ballot, ruling …

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Appeals court puts Georgia PSC elections back on ballot
2 years, 4 months ago

Appeals court puts Georgia PSC elections back on ballot

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A federal appeals court on Friday ordered that statewide elections for two Georgia public service commissioners be put back on the November ballot, only a week after a federal judge postponed the elections after finding that electing the five commissioners statewide illegally diluted Black votes. Circuit Judges Robert Luck and Adalberto Jordan found that U.S. District Judge Steven …

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Georgia asks appeals court to return PSC elections to ballot
2 years, 4 months ago

Georgia asks appeals court to return PSC elections to ballot

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia is asking a federal appeals court to put elections for public service commissioners back on the November ballot, a week after a federal judge found that the statewide election of the five commissioners illegally diluted Black votes. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow elections for two commissioners to go forward after U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg ordered …

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Judge rules Georgia must end statewide PSC elections
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge rules Georgia must end statewide PSC elections

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A federal judge ruled Friday that Georgia’s statewide election of its five public service commissioners illegally dilutes Black voting power, ordering the state to not prepare ballots for two races that had been scheduled in November. Nico Martinez, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, called it “one of the most important decisions to advance voting rights in a generation.” …

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