On September 5, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, an Obama appointee, upheld a restrictive practice of Indiana election officials when they validate signatures on petitions. She refused to grant injunctive relief to John Schmitz, an independent candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis in the November 2019 election. He would have had enough valid signatures if the instances at which the voter filled in his or her current address, instead of the address of registration, could have been counted. But she refused to order that those signatures be counted. Here is the 17-page opinion.
The judge said it does bother her that the government petition form says, “Residence Address”, instead of “Voter registration address.” But she said it can be presumed that Indiana voters have read the election code, and they know or ought to know that petitions require the voter registration address. She did not even mention the federal Voting Rights Act, which has language which other courts have used to recognize this type of petition signature. The case is Schmitz v Marion County Board of Elections, s.d., 1:19cv-3314.
One more appointed HACK statist *judge*.
NONPARTISAN AppV for ALL judges – pending Condorcet.
Are you f’ing kidding me?
“it does bothers her” that the government petition form is wrong!!!
She says “it can be presumed that Indiana voters have read the election code”!!!
What a ridiculous judge.
What an asinine judge.
Yep, that’s how the average voter spends his or her time, reading the election code. The level of dishonesty here is astounding, or maybe it shouldn’t be. It’s right up there with “let them eat cake.”
It bothers me that she’s wearing a black robe instead of a dunce cap.
“Black robed despots.” – Gov. George C. Wallace, Jr.
@EN,
I’m not average?
Also standard HACK judge comment –
Ignorance of the LAW is NO excuse.
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Everybody know the USA Code and Code of Fed Regs and all USA treaties and local State Code and State Regs and all interstate compacts involving your local State ???
Travelers- know ALL LAWS in ALL areas involving your travels ???
JR
No, not in that respect, you are not. Maybe in some others are you are. But then again that is obvious, despite the judge pretending otherwise.
It can be presumed that Indiana voters have read the election code? Is she high? She deserves to be hounded out of office and mocked till the day she dies (in her bed of natural causes).
MOCKED to Death — one more crime in INDIANA land ???
ANY *INDIAN* folks still alive in INDIANA land — or all killed/driven out by about 1840 ???