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Black voters who sued over Georgia’s elections for key utility regulators are appealing their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Elections for the Georgia Public Service Commission have been on hold for years while the lawsuit plays out.
Georgia’s Public Service Commissioners have to live in specific districts, but they’re elected by voters statewide. A group of Black voters in Atlanta argued in their lawsuit that this violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because it dilutes their votes, preventing them from sending the candidate of their choice to the commission.
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