The group For Which It Stance, a non-profit started by Cobb District 2 commissioner Jerica Richardson, is holding a panel discussion event next week to discuss political redistricting.
What’s billed as part of the “Sip n’ Save Democracy Series” takes place next Friday, Aug. 18, from 6-9 p.m., at the Grits & Eggs Breakfast Kitchen (3205 Cumberland Boulevard, Suite 105).
The guest speakers include Aunna Dennis of Common Cause Georgia, Ken Lawler of Fair Districts GA, Nichola Hines of the League of Women Voters of Georgia and Kimberlyn Carter of Represent Georgia, a progressive political leadership organization and Peach Power PAC, which endorses Georgia Democratic candidates.
“Our knowledgeable speakers will provide top-shelf insight into recent redistricting cases and what they see coming ahead of the next election cycle,” the For Which It Stance event item states.
Richardson, a first-term Democrat, and the two other Democrats on the Cobb Board of Commissioners are contesting redistricting maps passed last year by the Georgia legislature that drew Richardson out of her East Cobb home.
In challenging the maps, Richardson said she was responding to an unprecedented legislative action, as the Republican-dominated General Assembly did not vote on maps approved by Cobb’s Democratic-majority delegation.
East Cobb resident Debbie Fisher filed an ethics complaint against Richardson earlier this year, saying she was engaging in a conflict of interest via For Which It Stance, which seeks to “educate, engage and empower” citizens about issues relating to local control.
Another page on that site, entitled “Drawn Out GA,” includes suggestions for fundraising amounts, which Fisher claimed constituted an ethics violation.
But the Cobb Board of Ethics dismissed the complaint in March. Fisher was later appointed to the Cobb Board of Elections by the Cobb Republican Party.
A hearing on the county’s attempt to invoke home rule was held last month in Cobb Superior Court. Republican commissioner Keli Gambrill has filed a suit against that provision, saying only the legislature can conduct reapportionment.
Another court hearing for her motion to be granted standing is scheduled for Aug. 30.
Richardson’s term expires at the end of 2024.
For more information on next week’s redistricting event, including registration, click here.
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