AJC:
Georgia has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that could clear the way for the first independent candidate to appear on Georgia’s presidential ballot since Pat Buchanan qualified for the Reform Party in 2000.
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who oversees elections in Georgia, on Wednesday asked the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta to review a ruling that lowered the number of signatures required to petition to get on the ballot from tens of thousands to 7,500.