(The Center Square) – Georgia consumer groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the state, saying lawmakers violated the state’s constitution by passing legislation that delays Georgia Public Service Commission elections.

Georgia-based attorneys Bryan Sells and Lester Tate filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Georgia WAND Education Fund, the Georgia Conservation Voters and Brionté McCorkle, the advocacy’s executive director. The action, which names Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of a request to review an 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in an earlier case saying at-large elections of commission members runs afoul of the federal Voting Rights Act.