RANDOLPH COUNTY v. JOHNSON

No. S07A0328.

646 S.E.2d 261 (2007)

RANDOLPH COUNTY et al. v. JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin T. Coleman III, Hodges, Erwin, Hedrick & Coleman, LLP, Albany, for Appellant.

Maurice Luther King, Jr., Albany, for Appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether an appeal from a writ of prohibition preventing the board of elections from conducting a hearing on the sufficiency of a candidate whose name was already placed on the ballot is moot after the occurrence of the general election. The short answer is "yes."

After deciding to seek re-election to the Randolph County Board of Commissioners, Johnson filed his nomination petition. At the time, the...

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