11th Circuit Greenlights Ga. PSC Election

Georgia Public Service Commission elections may go ahead this November, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said in a Wednesday order. The appeals court stayed a permanent injunction by a lower court that had stopped the 2022 Georgia PSC election. Previously, on Nov. 24, the 11th Circuit reversed the Northern District of Georgia's injunction that stopped Georgia’s secretary of state from administering PSC elections using the statewide, at-large method and from certifying any commission elected using that method. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to take up an appeal of the 11th Circuit decision (see 2404150025). The district court had blocked the statewide, at-large method because it said it constituted unlawful vote dilution under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.