Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Measure to allow statewide grand juries and AG prosecutions for election crimes fails to reach supermajority
Summary
Senator Cousert framed a constitutional amendment to let the attorney general convene statewide grand juries for election-law prosecutions as a way to remove local politics; senators pressed concerns about partisan AGs and local DAs, and the resolution failed to reach the two-thirds requirement (yeas 28, nays 21).
Senator Cousert argued the amendment would "let the people of the state of Georgia vote as to whether they wanna take politics out of prosecutions," saying the proposal is restricted to election-law offenses and intended to put prosecutions in a statewide, dispassionate forum. He cited recent controversies around prosecution decisions and said a…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
