11th Circuit Sets Dec. 15 Hearing on Ga. PSC Elections

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set oral argument for Dec. 15 in Atlanta for a case on whether electing Georgia Public Service Commission members for specific districts on a statewide, at-large basis unlawfully dilutes Black citizens’ votes in violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (case 22-12593). The Supreme Court Aug. 19 vacated the 11th Circuit’s Aug. 12 stay of an Aug. 5 decision by the U.S. District Court in Atlanta to postpone PSC elections over the issue.