A judge upheld the disqualification of a candidate who had had planned to run against the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s 2020 Georgia election interference case. Tiffani Johnson is one of two people who filed paperwork to challenge Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee.
FILE- Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee presides over a hearing, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. DeKalb Superior Court Judge Stacey Hydrick on Thursday, APril 25, 2024, upheld the disqualification of Tiffani Johnson, a candidate who had had planned to run against McAfee. DECATUR, Ga.
The ruling leaves McAfee with a single challenger, civil rights attorney Robert Patillo, in the nonpartisan race for his seat.QB Jaden Rashada transfers to Georgia after leaving Arizona State Arnold’s complaint noted that the Georgia Constitution requires all judges to “reside in the geographical area in which they are elected to serve.” He noted that in Johnson’s qualification paperwork she listed her home address as being in DeKalb County and wrote that she had been a legal resident of neighboring Fulton County for “0 consecutive years.
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