The state Judicial Nominating Commission is soliciting nominations to fill Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell’s seat by appointment despite two pending challenges contesting the state’s decision to cancel the election while Blackwell remains in office.

On Wednesday—the same day the first of two would-be candidates for Blackwell’s seat asked a Fulton County judge to reinstate the canceled election—the JNC, co-chaired by state Republican Party chief deputy general counsel and special assistant attorney general Vincent Russo, sent a letter to members of the State Bar of Georgia soliciting nominations to replace Blackwell. The bar posted the notice on its website Thursday afternoon.

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