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The Case Of The Vanishing Supreme Court Contest: Barrow V. Raffensperger Eliminates The Power Of The People To Elect Their Appellate, Superior, And State Court Judges, Ashley Mallon

Mercer Law Review

Imagine being elected a Georgia Supreme Court Justice. You have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on your campaign and more than a year of your life running for election, only to have it all come crashing down. You’ve been informed that your win is now legally meaningless and void, even though you were chosen by the people. You are told that it is now an office that the current Governor gets to fill because the predecessor in the office to which you were just elected, intentionally chose to resign two months early. This political loophole and disenfranchisement of voters …