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Georgia Republican Party v. Raffensperger
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Georgia Republican Party v. Raffensperger, No. 1:20-cv-05018-ELR |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiffs, the Georgia Republican Party and the campaigns of the Republican candidates for the Senate, request a declaration that the current Georgia signature-matching process is unconstitutional, an order to implement signature review of all absentee ballots by three reviewers, public observation from at least one person from each political party represented by the candidates, and a requirement that ballots with mismatched signatures be segregated for additional review. | |
| Filed | 12/10/2020 | |
| State | Georgia | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Eleventh Circuit | |
| Status | Closed () | |
| Last Updated | 12/17/2020 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards) | |
| Complaint(s) | 12/10/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/17/2020: Order/Ruling, Finding that the Campaigns lacked standing, the district court denied their motion for an injunction and dismissed their complaint. | |
Georgia Republican Party v. Raffensperger, No. 20-14741 (11th Cir.) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiffs, the Georgia Republican Party and the campaigns of the Republican candidates for the Senate, requested a declaration that the current Georgia signature-matching process is unconstitutional, an order to implement signature review of all absentee ballots by three reviewers, public observation from at least one person from each political party represented by the candidates, and a requirement that ballots with mismatched signatures be segregated for additional review. After a determination by the district court that the Plaintiffs lacked standing, Plaintiffs appealed. | |
| Filed | 12/18/2020 | |
| State | Georgia | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Eleventh Circuit | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 08/03/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards) | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/18/2020: Appellant Brief, Appeal from the district court's dismissal. | |
| 12/21/2020: Order/Ruling, The Eleventh Circuit considered appellants' motion for stay pending appeal. The circuit court dismissed the case for lack of standing. It held that the motion impermissibly sought to order a nonparty county official to do something contrary to state law. Since the Secretary and the election board did not conduct the signature matching process, were not the election officials that review the voter’s signature, and did not control whether the signature matching process could be observed, the Campaigns’ alleged injury was not traceable to the Secretary. Moreover the Secretary did not have the authority to redress the alleged injury. | ||
| 12/23/2020: Order/Ruling, Voluntary dismissal. | ||
