A case currently underway in an Atlanta federal courtroom could change the way Georgia Public Service Commission is elected.
Georgia has five PSC districts, but the commissioners who represent those districts are elected statewide. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit argue that under that system, Black voting power is diluted, especially in a majority black district made of a Fulton, DeKalb, and Clayton counties. Plaintiffs are asking a federal judge to change the law so that only voters within a particular PSC district can vote on that district's PSC member.
This isn't the only case involving the Public Service Commission currently being litigated. Democratic candidate Patty Durand, running for PSC in a district that includes Athens, is challenging a decision by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to disqualify her from running because of her residency.
