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...
May 19, 2022 | Election Law
John Oxendine, Georgia Insurance Commissioner from 1995 to 2011, ran for Governor in 2010 and since that time has been battling the state Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (formerly known as, and referred to herein as, the “Ethics Commission”)...
Mar 30, 2022 | Election Law
Stacey Abrams, the unopposed Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking permission to utilize her leadership committee, a type of political committee available to the Republican and Democratic nominees for governor that may raise...
Mar 16, 2022 | Election Law
Around the country, state legislatures have been crafting new voting maps following release of the 2020 Census data to recalibrate districts with the appropriate number or proportion of residents for each district. Many newly created maps were swiftly challenged by...
Mar 16, 2022 | Election Law
In March, the Georgia General Assembly passed and Governor Kemp signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 120, titled the “Ethics in Government Act of 2021.” This bill ushered in a number of meaningful changes and additions to the campaign finance and ethics laws already in...
