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Wood v. Raffensperger
Closed
Wood v. Raffensperger, No. 2020CV342959 (Ga. Super. Ct., Fulton Cnty.) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiff, President of the Georgia Voters Alliance, contends that Georgia officials violated the Election Code and state constitution by accepting a grant from the Center for Tech and Civic Life to help fund the election, by following a consent decree that provided for more scrutiny of absentee ballot signatures and disqualification, and by counting purportedly illegal votes. Plaintiff requests that the court prevent the governor from certifying Georgia's results and instead mandate that any result determined by the Georgia state assembly be the lawful result. | |
| Filed | 11/25/2020 | |
| State | Georgia | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Closed () | |
| Last Updated | 12/07/2020 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Fraud and/or Vote Dilution, Signature Verification Standards) Private Funding for Local Election Authorities |
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| Complaint(s) | 11/25/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/08/2020: Order/Ruling, The court held that Georgia election law bars naming either the governor or the secretary of state as defendants in an election contest. Since they are the only named defendants, the court dismissed the suit as barred by sovereign immunity. | |
