Overview
- Jackson and his campaign filed a verified federal complaint in the Northern District of Georgia seeking declaratory and injunctive relief targeting the state’s leadership-committee law.
- The motion for a preliminary injunction asks the court to halt enforcement of the statute in this race, stop the WBJ Leadership Committee from raising or spending funds, and bar transfers to Jones’ campaign.
- The suit argues a 2021 law lets the incumbent lieutenant governor chair a committee that accepts unlimited contributions, while other candidates face caps of $8,400 for the primary and $4,800 for a runoff.
- Defendants include Burt Jones in personal and official capacities, Attorney General Chris Carr, members of the Georgia State Ethics Commission, WBJ Leadership Committee, Inc., and Burt Jones for Georgia, Inc.
- Jackson requested expedited proceedings; the clerk set administrative steps for counsel admission, Jones’ campaign dismissed the case as “silly,” and earlier challenges by Carr and Raffensperger have not succeeded to date.