Ringold Attorney McCracken Ken Posten has been elected to the governing board of Common Cause Georgia, a state-wide non-profit, non-partisan citizens' lobby organization. Poston, a former state legislator, authored the "Ethics In Government Act of 1992" for which common Cause gave him an award. Common Cause seeks to make public officials and institutions accountable and responsive to citizens. The organization has more than three thousand members in Georgia.