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Challenging Disqualified Votes in a Close Election

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
September 7, 2023

Ron Barber for Congress v. Bennett (Cindy K. Jorgenson, D. Ariz. 4:14-cv-2489)
Before the certification of election results in a close election for Congress, the trailing candidate filed a federal complaint challenging the disqualification of some votes. The district judge determined that the plaintiff had not justified federal court interference with election administration.
Subject: Voting irregularities. Topics: Enjoining certification; election errors; provisional ballots; intervention; recusal; case assignment.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Case Assignment | Election Errors | Enjoining Certification | Intervention | Provisional Ballots | Voting Irregularities | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | D. Ariz.