Lawsuit challenges delays in Georgia Public Service Commission elections

ATLANTA - Two environmental and consumer advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday accusing the state of violating Georgia's Constitution by unilaterally postponing elections to the state Public Service Commission (PSC). The suit, filed by Georgia WAND and Georgia Conservation Voters, follows last month's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear an appeal of a lawsuit brought in 2022 challenging the way PSC members are elected. In the previous case, four Black Fulton County residents argued that electing members of the PSC statewide rather than by district dilutes...