Group of Prince George’s Co. residents file suit against county council over at-large seat appointment

A group of residents in Prince George’s County, Maryland, has filed a lawsuit against the county council and member Wala Blegay hoping to overturn her December appointment to an at-large seat.

According to county code, any vacancy that occurs during the last year of a term will be filled by someone appointed by a majority of the remaining members of the council. The plaintiffs in this case aren’t claiming the council doesn’t have the right to do that; their argument is with how the council executed that process.