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Challenges to the 2020 Vote Count in Nevada

Robert Timothy Reagan
November 2, 2023

Stokke v. Cegavske (Andrew P. Gordon, D. Nev. 2:20-cv-2046)
While the 2020 general-election vote was being counted in Nevada, a federal complaint alleged that a county’s use of signature-matching software for absentee ballots was improper and that media access to vote counting was inadequate. The district judge denied the plaintiffs relief.
Subject: Voting procedures. Topics: Signature matching; voting technology; absentee ballots; early voting; news media; intervention; equal protection; matters for state courts; Covid-19; recusal; case assignment.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Case Assignment | Early Voting | Equal Protection | Intervention | Matters for State Courts | News Media | Signature Matching | Voting Procedures | Voting Technology | Emergency Proceedings | Recusal | Covid-19 | U.S. District Courts | D. Nev.