On September 18, attorneys for the state of Georgia asked the Eleventh Circuit to dismiss the lawsuit Curling v Kemp, which was filed in U.S. District Court in 2017. The case concerns the legality of the state’s vote-counting machines, which do not leave a paper trail. The U.S. District Court had ruled on September 17, 2018, that the case is a valid case and discovery may continue. However, the U.S. District Court Judge had also said Georgia need not replace its machines in time for the November 2018 election, but she strongly hinted that they can’t be used beyond 2018.
In the Eleventh Circuit, the case is 18-13951. The state is also asking the U.S. District Court to stay any further proceedings, while the state tries to persuade the Eleventh Circuit to dismiss the case. The plaintiffs have responded by saying the request for a stay has no merit, and that they want oral argument on the motion for a stay.
It is odd that the state is fighting this case so hard, given that the Secretary of State says he wants to replace the machines in 2019 anyway.
“It is odd that the state is fighting this case so hard, given that the Secretary of State says he wants to replace the machines in 2019 anyway.” I don’t think this is necessarily odd. The state of Georgia no doubt believes that whether or not the courts should get involved in this kind of decision is an important legal issue regardless of what the state itself wants to do about its voting machines. Executive branch officials rarely like having the courts tell them what to do, even when they know that what they are currently doing is wrong.
Machination to prevent an investigation into/about the entire rotted system ???
The HACKS who wanted NO PAPER systems, etc.
Think the worst — FELONY stolen elections — with NO paper trail ???