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Law v. Whitmer
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Law v. Whitmer, No. 10 OC 00163 1B (Nev. Dist. Ct., Carson City) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiffs, presidential electors for Donald Trump for the state of Nevada, alleged widespread electronic voting systems malfunctions both due to the Agilis machine and generally across the country. Plaintiffs also alleged that voting drives in Nevada to encourage Native Americans to vote depicted Biden-Harris promotional material and that any such resulting votes should be invalidated. Plaintiffs alleged that the Agilis machine, which was used to verify signatures in Clark County but not other Nevada counties, resulted in an equal protection violation. Plaintiffs sought, as relief, that Donald Trump be certified the winner of Nevada. | |
| Filed | 11/17/2020 | |
| State | Nevada | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Active | |
| Last Updated | 05/13/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards, Restriction on Assistance or Collection of Mail Ballots for Return) Challenge to Voting Machinery/Hardware/Software |
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| Complaint(s) | 11/17/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/04/2020: Order/Ruling, The court turned to the doctrine of issue preclusion, since the issues raised are identical to those already litigated before and decided by this same court in Kraus v. Cegavske and plaintiffs here are in privity with the Kraus parties. Nevertheless, the court went on to rule on the merits that there was no proof of machine malfunctions, improper votes, election board malfeasance, or vote manipulation. The court dismissed the case with prejudice. | |
Law v. Whitmer, No. 82178 (Nev. Sup. Ct.) |
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| Case Summary | Appeal from the district court's dismissal. | |
| Filed | 12/04/2020 | |
| State | Nevada | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Active | |
| Last Updated | 12/17/2020 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards) Challenge to Voting Machinery/Hardware/Software |
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| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/04/2020: Appellant Brief | |
| 12/08/2020: Order/Ruling, The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the case's dismissal. It held that appellants pointed to no errors of law in the district court's ruling. It also held that, even if there were a lesser standard for the burden of proof, appellants would fail to meet it. | ||
