ATLANTA AP – The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Democrat Jim Powell’s name can remain on the ballot in November in a unanimous decision that concluded Georgia elections officials “committed an error of law” by disqualifying him.
Powell argued Republican Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel was playing “dirty politics at its worst” when she disqualified him from his bid for a Public Service Commission seat. He was blocked days before the July primary on grounds that he didn’t meet his district’s residency requirements.
