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Stokke v. Cegavske
Closed
Stokke v. Cegavske, No. 2:20-cv-02046 (D. Nev.) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiffs, two individuals and two Nevada congressional campaigns, sought injunctive relief directing defendants to (a) cease their use of the Agilis system to count ballots and (b) allow greater access to ballot counting observers. Plaintiffs claimed that the Agilis system is not able to properly verify signatures which purportedly misidentified Plaintiff Stokke as having already voted by mail. Additionally, Plaintiffs alleged that, while Clark County officials allowed Plaintiff Prudhome to observe the ballot count, he was not allowed to stand in a position that would allow him to meaningfully observe. | |
| Filed | 11/05/2020 | |
| State | Nevada | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Ninth Circuit | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 05/13/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards, Poll Observer Access) | |
| Complaint(s) | 11/05/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 11/06/2020: Order/Ruling, Judge Andrew Gordon denied plaintiffs’ request for an injunction to prevent Nevada’s largest county from using its signature-matching technology. The court also denied the plaintiffs’ request to mandate that Clark county permit observers to be closer to the ballot-counting process. | |
| 11/24/2020: Order/Ruling, The court approved plaintiff's voluntary dismissal. | ||
