Williams v. Heard

BOGGS, Justice.

In this election contest for a seat on the Baker County Board of Education, we granted the application for interlocutory appeal filed by Brendette Williams, who challenges the trial court’s denial of her motion to dismiss the contest petition filed by Sharon Heard, her opponent in the primary election. We conclude that Heard’s challenge to the primary election is now moot, and we therefore vacate the trial court’s order and remand this case for the contest action to be dismissed. We further conclude that because the trial judge did not meet the requirements of OCGA § 21-2-523…