BARROW v. RAFFENSPERGER

S20A1029 S20A1031.

842 S.E.2d 884 (2020)

BARROW v. RAFFENSPERGER. Beskin v. Raffensperger.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade H. Tomlinson, III , Charles W. Byrd , Michael P. Morrill , Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick Morrison & Norwood, PC, 1111 Bay Avenue, Suite 450, P.O. Box 2128 (31902-2128), Columbus, Georgia 31902-2128, George "Buddy" Darden , Michael Jonathan Moore , Elizabeth Studdard White , Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, P.C., 3391 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, S. Lester Tate, III , Akin & Tate, PC, P. O. Box 878, Cartersville, Georgia 30120, Attorneys for the Appellant in S20A1029.

Elizabeth T. Young , Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Alan Pinson , Solicitor-General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Bryan Keith Webb , Elizabeth Ann Penland , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Attorneys for the Appellee in S20A1029.

Joyce Gist Lewis , Adam Martin Sparks , Krevolin & Horst, LLC, 1201 West Peachtree Street NW, One Atlantic Center, Suite 3250, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Monica Joy Hanrahan , Hanrahan Freitag Family Law, LLC, 3350 Riverwood Parkway, Suite 2000, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, Attorneys for the Amicus Appellant in S20A1029.

Cary Ichter , Ichter Davis LLC, 3340 Peachtree Road, N.E., Suite 1530, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Attorneys for the Appellant in S20A1031.

Joyce Gist Lewis , Adam Martin Sparks , Krevolin & Horst, LLC, 1201 West Peachtree Street NW, One Atlantic Center, Suite 3250, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Elizabeth T. Young , Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Alan Pinson , Solicitor-General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Bryan Keith Webb , Elizabeth Ann Penland , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Attorneys for the Appellee in S20A1031.


These cases involve challenges to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's decision to cancel the election originally scheduled for May 19, 2020, for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia held by Justice Keith R. Blackwell. Justice Blackwell's current term is set to end on December 31, 2020, and the next...

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