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Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
🚨NEW: State court DISMISSES Republican member of Fulton County Board of Elections lawsuit challenging her duty to certify election results.
A win for Georgia voters and a big loss for election deniers looking to upend accurate election certification.
Georgia Fulton County Certification Challenge
Adams filed her complaint on May 22, 2024. The Democratic National Committee and the Fulton County Republican Party filed motions to intervene on May 28 and June 4, respectively.
On June 11, 2024, the judge assigned to this case recused himself.
RESULT: On Sept. 9, 2024, a judge dismissed this case without prejudice.Georgia election officials will continue to have a mandatory duty to certify election results.
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-fulton-county-certification-challenge/
Thank you Georgia!
lindysalsagal
(22,454 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(19,023 posts)My guess is They dont want results for down ballot races held hostage.
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Trenzalore
(2,575 posts)Some rabbit hole of reasons. That wasn't true either lol
zipplewrath
(16,694 posts)Trenzalore
(2,575 posts)100% the crazy I heard
Renew Deal
(83,372 posts)The result says dismiss the case.
Abnredleg
(1,024 posts)Asking the courts to uphold her right to apply discretion to certification. Her case was dismissed, which means that the existing law which states certification was mandatory will be in effect for the election.
Cha
(306,463 posts)magats.
TY, she, Georgia and Marc Elias!
sheshe2
(88,900 posts)Important
SheltieLover
(61,242 posts)rubbersole
(8,902 posts)Just to help with the expected chaos. It's that or lose. Billionaires/oligarchs aren't used to losing. They are prepared to do everything to stay in power. "Going to be wild" to quote the most treasonous man in US history.
Warpy
(113,131 posts)There should be more of this.
Civil disobedience has consequences. It should be as true for them as it has been for us.
ToxMarz
(2,256 posts)It should be and sounds like the ruling stated it should be, but it was dismissed "without prejudice" meaning it isn't over if she wants to still pursue it.
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-09-09-Order-granting-motion-to-dismiss.pdf
Last paragraph of Order granting motion to Dismiss:
"Second, Plaintiffs claims are not forfeited; they are merely dismissed -- for now.
This action is done, but there can be another. Plaintiff can refile, name the correct party,
and we will pick up where we left off, likely with all the same lawyers and certainly with the
same substantive arguments. If Plaintiff moves with alacrity, the merits of her claim that
the role of an election superintendent -- in particular when certifying the results of an
election -- is discretionary rather than ministerial can still be considered alongside the
related claims set forth in Abhiraman et al. v. State Board of Elections, 24CV010786.3
This may seem like an unnecessary drill, but it was also an entirely unavoidable one."