A  candidate for the Supreme Court of Georgia has asked a Fulton County judge to order Georgia’s secretary of state to hold an election for a post that Justice Keith Blackwell will vacate in November. 

Attorney Beth Beskin—a former state legislator and a partner at the Atlanta offices of Freeman Mathis & Gary—filed the petition for a writ of mandamus on Wednesday after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s staff refused to allow her to qualify as a candidate. Beskin said in her petition that she was informed Tuesday that Raffensperger canceled an election for Blackwell’s post and said Raffensperger also removed all references to the election from his website.   

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