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Former Canton TEA Party leader Carolyn Cosby will face four separate concerns before the state ethics commission Wednesday, the agencys agenda shows.

Cosby, a former Canton TEA Party leader who resigned to run as an independent against Cherokee County Commission Chairman Buzz Ahrens in the last election, will face preliminary hearings for some of the ethics complaints shes acquired over the past two years of political activism.

The Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, formerly the Georgia Ethics Commission, is set to hold preliminary hearings for three complaints against Cosby to determine if there are reasonable grounds to believe she violated ethics rules in any of the cases.

If the commission determines there is probable cause to believe theres been a violation, those matters would be turned over to the attorney generals office, where Cosby could face fines for any violations, said commission staff attorney Robert Lane.

The commission will vote as to whether there is probable cause (reasonable grounds) to believe that a violation of the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act has occurred, Lane said. If the commission finds that probable cause exists, then the case is referred to the attorney generals office for further prosecution under the Administrative Procedures Act.

The APA would determine whether or not Cosby would face fines for any violations, Lane said.

The commission will also consider a motion to reattach Cosby to a fourth complaint, which she was removed from in April.

While Cosby faces additional ethics complaints, the commissions meeting Wednesday will only take up four of the six active complaints.

One complaint that is up for a preliminary hearing was made by Canton resident Garrett Jamieson, who contended that Cosby violated Georgia campaign law by not registering the Canton TEA Party as a political committee.

Jamieson, who is an officer in the Cherokee County Democratic Party but filed the complaint as an individual outside of the party, alleges the Canton TEA Party group is subject to state ethics law requiring such organizations to be registered with the ethics commission and report financials.

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