July 2014

Respondent was not qualified to be candidate for House District 80, because he did not meet his burden of proof to show he had been a citizen of the State of Georgia for two years and a resident of House District 80 for one year prior to the date of the election, November 2, 2008, […]

Respondent does not meet the residency requirements to qualify as a candidate for State Senate District 1. Respondent reported his cousin’s home address in Savannah as his own.  In rebuttal, three neighbors testified that they had never seen Respondent or his vehicle at the Savannah address. In addition, Respondent never paid taxes, owned property, or

Respondent met the minimum evidentiary burden to show that he had been a legal resident in the county where he sought a House District seat at least one year prior to the date of the election.  Respondent presented a lease agreement for a residence in the district and a document mailed to him at that

Mr. Ralph Hudgens established that he was qualified to run for State Senate in District 47 through persuasive evidence that he was a legal resident of that district.  The fact that Hudgens owned, and sometimes stayed in, property outside of District 47 did not disqualify him from candidacy in the absence of evidence that he

The requirement under Georgia law that the election of PSC Commissioners be held under “the same rules and regulations as apply to the election of [the] Governor” does not impose on PSC candidates qualification criteria identical to those of candidates for Governor, such as a six-year residency prerequisite.  Accordingly, the fact that Michael DiPietro, a

DuBose Porter affirmatively established that he was qualified to be a candidate for the Georgia House of Representatives in District 143 through persuasive evidence of his legal residence therein.  Porter’s legal residence in District 143 was not undermined by evidence of his ownership, and part-time residence, at a “camp house” located outside of District 143