Georgia Governor Signs Bill Eliminating Public Service Commission Elections in 2024

On April 18, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed HB 1312. Among other things, it says there will be no Public Service Commission elections this year. The state has five commissioners, all elected in partisan statewide elections. They have six-year staggered terms and normally there would be a seat open this year, and in every even year. The rationale for the bill is that a U.S. District Court judge had ruled that the elections had to be in districts, although the Eleventh Circuit then overturned that.

It is somewhat likely that a lawsuit will be filed to reinstate the 2024 election for Public Service Commission, because the State Constitution mandates an election, and there is no good reason why there should not be an election this year for that office.

If the office is not restored to the November 2024 ballot, it will be difficult for the Libertarian Party to retain its status as a party that is ballot-qualified for statewide office. The only other statewide office up this year is President, and the Georgia Libertarian Party has only once polled enough votes for president to retain its status. That was in 2016. The requirement is votes equal to 1% of the number of registered voters, which generally works out to 1.5% of the total vote cast in a presidential election year.


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Georgia Governor Signs Bill Eliminating Public Service Commission Elections in 2024 — 24 Comments

  1. If the LP nominated Trump, as would be the most logical choice, would that retain ballot access?

  2. GA CONST

    https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/2022-02/state_constitution.pdf

    ARTICLE IV. CONSTITUTIONAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
    SECTION I.
    PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
    Paragraph I. Public Service Commission. (a) There shall be a Public Service Commission for the regulation of utilities which shall consist of five members who shall be elected by the people. The Commissioners in office on June 30, 1983, shall serve until December 31 after the general election at which the successor of each member is elected. Thereafter, all succeeding terms of members shall be for six years. Members shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. A chairman shall be selected by the members of the commission from its membership.
    (b) The commission shall be vested with such jurisdiction, powers, and duties as provided by law.
    (c) The filling of vacancies and manner and time of election of members of the commission shall be as provided by law.

  3. JUSTIN AMASH – RUNNING FOR USA SENATOR IN MICH

    INCUMBENT QUITING

    3 D / 5 R — INCL AMASH – IN AUG 2024 PRIMARY

    NOM PET SIGS BEING CHECKED

  4. WZ-
    LIKELY AN ALLEGED 1965 VRA VIOLATION.

    PERVERTED VRA USED TO GET REVISED GERRYMANDER DISTS FOR USA REPS / STATE LEGIS DISTS / LOCAL DISTS — MAINLY MORE BLACK GERRYMANDER HACKS.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-lawyer-says-having-political-144013166.html

    Trump Lawyer Says Having Political Rival Killed Could Constitute ‘Official’ Presidential Act

    HOW ABOUT TRUMP ORDERING THE KILLING OF ALL LAWYERS- ESP HIS OWN CORRUPT MORON LAWYERS

    — AND THE MORON PROFS IN SO-CALLED LAW SKOOOLS WHO GRADUATED SUCH MORONS ???

    FOR NON-MORONS —

    LAW TYPES – SHALL / SHALL NOT / MAY — 3

    EACH ACT/OMISSION BY ANY PARTY DOES/DOES NOT VIOLATE THE LAW.- 2 X 2 = 4

    PARTYS – PRIVATE / PUBLIC INDIVID / CORP(ARTIF) 2 X 2 = 4

    3 X 4 X 4 = 48 FOR STARTERS

    MORE — TIME OF PEACE/WAR , AREAS — NATIONS / SUBNATIONS / HIGH SEAS

    >>> TOO MANY CASES AND BAAAADE INDEXES TO COUNT

    TOO MANY NEW AGE SENILE SCOTUS HACKS TO COUNT — NOT BEEN IN A LAW SKOOOOL FOR 7 PLUS YEARS ???

  5. TOO MANY NEW AGE SENILE SCOTUS HACKS TO COUNT — NOT BEEN IN A LAW SKOOOOL FOR 70 OR 700 PLUS YEARS ???

  6. @Question
    No, Georgia does not have fusion voting. Only in New York and Connecticut could a third party nominate Trump and get rewarded with future ballot access.

  7. WHAT PCT OF GERRYMANDER AREAS IN NY HAVE THE 3RD PARTY FUSION CANDIDATE GET MORE VOTES THAN THE D OR R CANDIDATE ???

    MORE LIKELY WHERE D OR R IS UNDER 25 PCT ???

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