Georgia is asking a federal appeals court to put elections for public service commissioners back on the November ballot, a week after a federal judge found that the statewide election of the five commissioners illegally diluted Black votes.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. Courtesy of the Office of Attorney General. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. Courtesy of the Office of Attorney General.

Attorney General Chris Carr on Monday asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow elections for two commissioners to go forward after U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg ordered the state to not prepare ballots for the elections.