Lawsuit says Georgia's lieutenant governor should be disqualified for acting as Trump elector

A Georgia judge heard arguments but didn’t rule Monday on a long-shot attempt to disqualify Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones from holding office because of Jones’ participation as an elector for Donald Trump in 2020.

The lawsuit comes as a decision remains in limbo on whether to prosecute the Republican on state charges, due to a lack of a special prosecutor willing to take the case.

A group of four Georgia voters, including the former head of the Atlanta branch of the NAACP, on Dec. 7 asked a judge to declare that Jones ineligible to hold office in Georgia. They allege he violated his oath of office by signing his name as a Trump elector. Democrat Joe Biden was certified as winning Georgia’s 16 electoral votes in 2020’s election.