IN RE DEC. 6, 2022 GEN. ELECTION BALLOT

S23A0583 S23A0665 S23A0800.

889 S.E.2d 811 (2023)

In re: DECEMBER 6, 2022 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. In re: Kevin C. Muldowney.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Metz , 6231 Dodgen Road, Mableton, Georgia 30126, for Appellant in S23A0583.

Daniel Walter White , Assistant City Attorney, Haynie, Litchfield, Crane & White, P.C., 222 Washington Avenue, Marietta, Georgia 30060, for Appellee in S23A0583.

Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Sarah E. Thompson , 150 Timber Cove, Statesboro, Georgia 30461, Kevin C. Muldowney , 3325 Kentworth Lane, Milton, Georgia 30004, Terry Scott Howard , 390 South Main Street, Winterville, Georgia 30683, Gregory C. Sowell , James Bates Brannan & Groover LLP, 1 Press Place, Suite 200, Athens, Georgia 30601, for Other Party in S23A0583.

Sarah E. Thompson , 150 Timber Cove, Statesboro, Georgia 30461, for Appellant in S23A0665.

James Christopher Abely , PO Box 30010, Sea Island, Georgia 31561, Robert Coovert , 245 Laurel Creek Road, Blue Ridge, Georgia 30517, for Amicus Appellant in S23A0665.

Charles Patrick Aaron , George Holland Rountree , Brown Rountree PC, 26 N. Main Street, Statesboro, Georgia 30458, Shontay Jones , Bulloch County Board of Elections and Registration, Bulloch County Annex, 113 North Main, Street, Suite 201, Statesboro, Georgia 30458, for Appellee in S23A0665.

Kevin C. Muldowney , 3325 Kentworth Lane, Milton, Georgia 30004, Terry Scott Howard , 390 South Main Street, Winterville, Georgia 30683, Edward T. Metz , 6231 Dodgen Road, Mableton, Georgia 30126, Gregory C. Sowell , James Bates Brannan & Groover LLP, 1 Press Place, Suite 200, Athens, Georgia 30601, Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Other Party in S23A0665.

Kevin C. Muldowney , 3325 Kentworth Lane, Milton, Georgia 30004, for Appellant in S23A0800.

Y. Soo Jo , Fulton County Attorney's Office, 141 Pryor Street, SW, Suite 4038, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Mathew Eli Plott , Assistant County Attorney, Kaye Woodard Burwell , Assistant County Attorney, Shalanda M. J. Miller , Office of the Fulton County Attorney, 141 Pryor Street SW, Suite 4038, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Cathy Woolard , Registration and Elections Board, 130 Peachtree St SW, Suite 2186, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S23A0800.

Gregory C. Sowell , James Bates Brannan & Groover LLP, 1 Press Place, Suite 200, Athens, Georgia 30601, Sarah E. Thompson , 150 Timber Cove, Statesboro, Georgia 30461, Terry Scott Howard , 390 South Main Street, Winterville, Georgia 30683, Edward T. Metz , 6231 Dodgen Road, Mableton, Georgia 30126, Shontay Jones , Bulloch County Board of Elections and Registration, Bulloch County Annex, 113 North Main, Street, Suite 201, Statesboro, Georgia 30458, Daniel Walter White , Assistant City Attorney, Haynie, Litchfield, Crane & White, P.C., 222 Washington Avenue, Marietta, Georgia 30060, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Other Party in S23A0800.


Appellants Sarah Thompson, Kevin Muldowney, and Edward T. Metz filed three, virtually identical complaints in their respective counties on December 6, 2022, alleging that the voting system used that day in the runoff election for a United States Senate seat did not comply with Georgia law. The trial courts entered orders either...

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