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Lin Wood v. Raffensperger II
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Lin Wood v. Raffensperger, No. 1:20-cv-05155-TCB (N.D. Ga.) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiff, attorney L. Lin Wood representing himself pro se, seeks to halt the Georgia runoff election. Plaintiff alleges that the Georgia secretary of state usurped authority from the state legislature by promulgating rules related to signature verification, opening early ballots prior to election day, installation of ballot dropboxes, and use of the Dominion voting system. | |
| Filed | 12/18/2020 | |
| State | Georgia | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Eleventh Circuit | |
| Status | Active | |
| Last Updated | 12/22/2020 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards, Drop Boxes/Drop Off Locations) Challenge to Voting Machinery/Hardware/Software |
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| Complaint(s) | 12/18/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/28/2020: Order/Ruling, The court considered how Wood, since his previous suits were dismissed for articulating only a generally available grievance about government instead of a particularized injury, here claims his particularized injury is vote dilution. The court held that vote dilution, under the Equal Protection Clause, is concerned with votes being weighed differently. A plaintiff lacks standing where, as here, he claims that his vote will be diluted by unlawful or invalid ballots. The court also held that Wood failed to prove standing on his disparate treatment claim, as his theory of harm vis-a-vis Venezuelan manipulation of Dominion voting machines is "astonishingly speculative." | |
Lin Wood v. Raffensperger, No. (11th Cir.) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiff, attorney L. Lin Wood representing himself pro se, seeks to halt the Georgia runoff election. Plaintiff alleges that the Georgia secretary of state usurped authority from the state legislature by promulgating rules related to signature verification, opening early ballots prior to election day, installation of ballot dropboxes, and use of the Dominion voting system. After a dismissal for lack of standing, plaintiff appealed. | |
| Filed | 12/28/2020 | |
| State | Georgia | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Eleventh Circuit | |
| Status | Active | |
| Last Updated | 08/03/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards, Drop Boxes/Drop Off Locations) Challenge to Voting Machinery/Hardware/Software |
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| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/28/2020: Appellant Brief | |
