Jan 24, 2023 | Election Law
In May of 2020, Georgian Tomas Miko sued his then-State Representative Vernon Jones in federal court for allegedly violating Miko’s First Amendment rights when Representative Jones blocked Miko from his Facebook page after having “initially exchange[d] barbs...
Aug 24, 2022 | Election Law
On August 19, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which had halted a lower court’s order finding that the way in which Georgia elects its Public Service Commissioners was discriminatory. Specifically, the District...
Aug 24, 2022 | Election Law
Previously we wrote about a candidate for the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), Patty Durand, who faced possible removal from the ballot because her PSC district (District 2) was redrawn to exclude the county in which she resided less than one year before the...
Jul 26, 2022 | Election Law, White Collar Crime
Two small town city officials could face prison after pleading guilty to federal charges in a vote buying scheme. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced, Jerry Trabona, 72, the former Chief of Police in Amite City, LA and Kristian Hart, 49, a current Amite City...
Jun 28, 2022 | Election Law
Redistricting after the 2020 Census in many instances led to upheaval and litigation. That certainly has been the case for Patty Durand, who is running for a seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), a state commission which oversees and regulates public...
Jun 6, 2022 | Election Law
In 2021, the Georgia legislature, in a bill signed by Governor Brian Kemp, established a type of political action committee (PAC) that can accept and spend unlimited funds in support of a candidate. This new type of PAC was called a leadership committee and would be...
