#electionlaw — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #electionlaw, aggregated by home.social.
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#Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]
#law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol
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#Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]
#law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol
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#Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]
#law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol
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#Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]
#law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol
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#Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]
#law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol
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She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.
#law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.
#law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.
#law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.
#law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.
#law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.
Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.
#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.
Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.
#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.
Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.
#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.
Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.
#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.
Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.
#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules
The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules
The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules
The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules
The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules
The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.
The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.
The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.
The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.
The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.
The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.
Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.
Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.
Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.
Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.
Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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Voter Intimidation at the Polls: What Every American Should Know Before November
Voter intimidation at the polls is a federal crime. Here is what the law says and what to do if ICE or any federal agent tries to interfere on Election Day.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/current-events/voter-intimidation-at-the-polls/
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#JayClayton, the #Trump admin’s nominee for #DNI, faced questions Wednesday on #election security & his commitment to keep the agency free of political interference, during a confirmation hearing that was rescheduled weeks after being abruptly scuttled by Trump [in order to keep #BillPulte in the position].
#BigLie #SoreLoser #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories #SeditiousConspiracy
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#Trump “intelligence” pick #JayClayton says he’s not an #ElectionDenier but refuses to say Biden won the #2020election
#LyingLiarsWhoLie #BigLie #SoreLoser #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories #SeditiousConspiracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/15/trump-intel-pick-jay-clayton-set-face-tough-confirmation-hearing/ -
Get over it! #SoreLoser!
#Trump is planning a prime-time address on #2020election allegations.
Tomorrow night, Trump will argue that the country’s election infrastructure has vulnerabilities & refer to a recent probe of government files. He told reporters “it’s really big news.”#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories #SeditiousConspiracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/14/trump-plans-prime-time-speech-2020-election-allegations/ -
Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.
#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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A Shocking Betrayal of #Black Americans
by Mara Gay
The dismantling of Black political #power in the South is a great betrayal, & its effects will ripple through our #democracy.
#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.qSCM.vEpY9cDXlL3Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
The 1965 #VotingRightsAct, the #centerpiece legislation of the #CivilRights Movement, succeeded in opening the ballot box to #Black Americans & reducing persistent racial #discrimination in voting. Nearly 70 of the 435 congressional districts are protected by #Section2, #ElectionLaw expert Nicholas Stephanopoulos has estimated.
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The order would use federal #data to help state #election officials verify who is “eligible” to #vote in their jurisdictions. It would also require #AbsenteeBallots to be sent only to voters on each state's “approved” mail-in ballot list & mandate “secure” ballot envelopes with unique tracking barcodes.
#Trump #law #privacy #InfoSec #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #Constitution #states #federalism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
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DeWine, a term-limited #Republican, had warned #Ohio’s #GOP-led Legislature in 2023 that a sweeping package of #ElectionLaw changes he signed that year would likely be the last voting restrictions he would let past his veto pen. Election integrity in the state, he said, had been amply assured.
But, despite having reservations, DeWine on Friday signed legislation eliminating Ohio’s 4-day grace period for #AbsenteeBallots & making other voting changes.
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#Trump Empowers #ElectionDeniers, Still Fixated on False 2020 Grievances
Trump has placed proponents of his #BigLie into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over #elections ahead of next year’s #midterms.
#law #ElectionLaw #coup #TrumpCoup2 #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #UnitedStates
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-election-deniers-voting-security.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
#Georgia Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN 5 State Election Board rules concerning certification & hand counting ballots last year. A big victory for GA voters & a stinging defeat for #Republicans & #ElectionDeniers.
#law #ElectionLaw #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-state-election-board-certification-and-drop-box-rules-challenge/ -
The ruling, filed w/the court clerk on Mon, will require Mayes to assemble a grand jury to present the case along with a copy of the #ElectoralCountAct, attys said. The initial presentation of her case took weeks. Mayes plans to appeal to try to get the prosecution back on track.
“We vehemently disagree with the court, & we will file a special action to appeal the ruling,” Mayes spox said.
#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors #SeditiousConspiracy
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Among those who were indicted were White House chief of staff #MarkMeadows, attorneys #RudyGiuliani, #JohnEastman & #ChristinaBobb, top campaign adviser #BorisEpshteyn & former campaign aide #MikeRoman. The grand jury accused them of unsuccessfully trying to award the state’s electoral votes to #Trump instead of #Biden even though Biden won the popular vote there.
#BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors #SeditiousConspiracy
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An #Arizona grand jury last year indicted 18 people as part of the effort to reverse Joe #Biden’s 2020 presidential win in the state, including 7 attorneys & aides affiliated with #Trump’s national campaign & 11 Arizona #Republicans, including some who sought to act as fake presidential electors.
#BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors
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“We are extremely pleased with the court’s ruling, & we think the judge got it exactly right,” said Stephen Binhak, the attorney who spearheaded the effort to get the case back to a grand jury. The decision is a major setback for #Arizona AG Kris Mayes (D), who promised to appeal the ruling so she could keep the prosecution going.
#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors