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As long as we are on the subject of Georgia officials, and lawsuits (in fact, lawsuits in Fulton County Superior Court), a group of Georgia Democrats has sued Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) over the shenanigans perpetrated by the Georgia Board of Elections.
What is going on here is that the plaintiffs are trying to put pressure on the pressure points made available by the Georgia state Constitution. Under state law, citizens can file an ethics complaint against any public official. The Governor is then supposed to hold a hearing, at which evidence is presented. Should the official or officials under scrutiny be found guilty of ethics violations, they can be removed. If the plaintiffs can make that happen, then they hope a non-Trumper replacement or replacements would repeal the new rules designed to create chaos.
We don't know why Kemp didn't hold the hearing he was supposed to hold. Maybe he thinks that the plaintiffs are grasping at straws, and it's a waste of time. Alternatively, he doesn't appear to be too happy about the doings of the Elections Board, but he's also planning a run for the U.S. Senate in 2026. It could be that he decided the optics are better if this does not appear to be coming from him, and that he's only proceeding involuntarily.
We are hardly familiar with the nuances of Georgia law, but it looks to us like the plaintiffs here have way too many hurdles to clear in way too short a time. That said, various Democratic organs, including the DNC and the Democratic Party of Georgia, have two other lawsuits in progress. Those are not seeking to remove the Election Board members, merely to secure a court order keeping the state from implementing the new "hand counting of ballots" rule. So, the blue team is taking multiple bites at the apple, even if it IS technically the Peach State. (Z)