> “TTV is asking for record preservation, not ballot material access, in Federal Court.”
No, you’re wrong on this one. Find the TTV TRO complaint on the web (it’s easy) and look at the draft order. It asks that access be required for all election materials.
(a) Declare that Defendants are in violation of the NVRA by refusing to grant access for inspection and photocopying of the requested records;
(b) Declare that Defendants are in violation of the NVRA by redacting voter birth dates from voter rolls and registration materials and imposing the costs of such redaction on the public;
(c) Permanently enjoin Defendants from refusing to permit access to any requesting party for copying and/or inspection of voter registration applications, absentee voting envelopes, absentee ballot applications and any associated applications therewith, voters rolls, voter poll books, voter registration applications and federal post card applications, as sought by Plaintiffs in this matter;
I noticed that there is no allegation of 'fraud' in the Complaint. Why, then, did the judge state that the case was not about voter fraud? This sounds like a straw-man argument.