Judge stays disqualification of Daniel Blackman from PSC ballot

A Fulton County Superior Court judge has issued an injunction staying enforcement of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger s order disqualifying Daniel Blackman from next month s state Society Provision Commission PSC Democratic Primary ballot Raffensperger ruled on Wednesday that Blackman failed to prove he had established residence inside PSC District at least one year before this November s general referendum as required by state law One day later Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville stayed the order in a one-page decision pending the outcome of a hearing set for June Early voting ahead of the June began on Monday The court does not find that the harm incurred by allowing Blackman to remain on the ballot pending a final hearing in this development is outweighed by the possible harm of removing him as a candidate at this juncture of the proceedings Glanville wrote Three other Democrats are vying for the party s nomination in PSC District which covers Fulton Clayton and DeKalb counties The winner of the primary will challenge incumbent Republican Commissioner Fitz Johnson in November Blackman s lawyer Matthew Wilson praised Glanville s decision We are grateful to the Fulton Superior Court for granting our request for an injunction while we litigate Daniel s appeal Wilson revealed Friday Once we are certainly given a fair hearing I am confident Daniel will prevail because all the facts and all the law are on his side Blackman has run for the commission before losing in a runoff to incumbent Republican Lauren Bubba McDonald in January After that he joined the Biden administration as Southeast regional administrator of the U S Environmental Protection Agency The post Judge stays disqualification of Daniel Blackman from PSC ballot appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta