Georgia activists have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that delayed elections to the state Public Service Commission.
House Bill 1312, which was signed into law by Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in April, reset time lines for electing members of the five-member commission.
Brionté McCorkle, a Georgia voter and the executive director of the nonprofit Georgia Conservation Voters, along with the Georgia Voters Education Fund and the Georgia WAND Education Fund, claim the changes violate Georgia’s Constitution, which sets six-year terms for commissioners. The case also accused the state of violating voters’ due process rights under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
McCorkle and the organizations have suffered “irreparable injury” from the election delays, they told the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in a suit filed against Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who oversees the state’s elections.
