On August 7, the Connecticut voters who are challenging the results of a 2018 Connecticut legislative election filed their reply brief in the U.S. Supreme Court. See it here. The general election was very close, and several hundred voters in that legislative district had been given a ballot that did not include that race. The Connecticut Supreme Court refused to disturb the official outcome because it said the mistake was not done on purpose, and because there was no proof that if the error had not been made, the outcome would have been different.
Feehan v Marcone, 18-1470. The candidate who lost was the Republican nominee. The Court will consider whether to hear this case at its October 1, 2019 conference.
State of mind = a FACT question for juries.
Civil cases – LAW violations – part
Intentional = PUNITIVE $$$ damages.
UN-intentional = ORDINARY $$$ damages.
Too difficult for lawyers and SCOTUS critters ???
One more gerrymander related case-
oligarchs rigging districts – all sorts of split local govts and census units – using recent election results in precincts.
MAJOR complexity for *proper* ballot forms.
Bit too easy to have *lost* precincts.
ZZZzzz… Demo Rep… wake me up when he’s finished.