Well, one more dark side judge.
Michigan Judge Dismisses Antrim County Election Case
https://www.theepochtimes.com/michigan-judge-dismisses-antrim-county-election-case_3820603.html
A Michigan judge on Tuesday threw out a case challenging the 2020 election in Antrim County.
13th Circuit Court Judge Kevin Elsenheimer, a Republican nominee, ruled that plaintiff William Bailey, a resident of Antrim County, had received the relief he sought after he filed the lawsuit last year following the election.
Bailey was seeking an independent audit of Antrim County’s election but Elsenheimer decided that the February risk-limiting audit conducted by county clerks, who reviewed a random sample of some 18,000 ballots, was sufficient under state law.
“There is no right either in the constitutional section or the statue for the independent audit that Mr. Bailey seeks,” Elsenheimer told the court.
“As the plaintiffs have either received all of the requested relief or are not entitled to the relief requested as a matter of law … the plaintiff’s claims are, in fact, moot,” he added.
Elsenheimer ruled in favor of a joint motion for summary disposition filed by Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, and Antrim County.
The judge had earlier granted the other relief Bailey sought: a forensic audit of a tabulator in the county and a protective order preserving records.
The audit issue involves Michigan Proposal 3, approved by voters in 2018, which altered the state Constitution to allow Michigan voters “the right to have the results of statewide elections audited in such a manner as prescribed by law to ensure the accuracy and integrity of elections.” But state law, specifically MCL 168.31a, gives the secretary of state the authority to prescribe how audits are conducted.
Bailey’s lawyer, Matthew DePerno, told The Epoch Times that he plans on appealing the decision and filing a motion for reconsideration. He intends to file other lawsuits as well.
DePerno considers Elsenheimer “wrong on his interpretation of the Michigan Constitution and wrong on the idea that the secretary of state has her ability to invent her own procedures to ‘audit’ an election even if she’s part of the fraud.”
DePerno has accused Antrim County Clerk Sheryl Guy and Benson of lying to the public about what happened in the county on Election Night and in the following weeks.
“They knew what happened and they tried to cover it up,” he said.
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05/18/2021 - Special Meeting for the Maricopa County Vote Audit
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Hope DePerno appeals the judge’s stomp on the State Legislature right and duty to rule over elections, according to the U.S. Constitution.
The state Legislatures all frittered their power, obligation and duty away, to underlings who ripened into and goonery and now defy the Legislatures and the Constitution. GRRR.
A couple more things in my inbox. I recently signed up for several news alerts from sites on ProTrumpNews. Now I’m inundated.
This one is GOOD NEWS! May many more states follow suit.
South Carolina Adds Firing Squad As Method Of Execution For Death Row Inmates
https://conservativebrief.com/firing-squad-execution-40622/?utm_source=CB&utm_medium=Newsletter
If the state of South Carolina runs out of the drugs used for a lethal injection, no worries, the death row inmates have options thanks to Gov. Henry McMaster.
The governor signed a bill into law on Friday that would require death row inmates who are about to be executed to choose between the electric chair and firing squad, CNN reported.
The change in South Carolina’s law comes as states nationwide have hit barriers executing those on death row due to problems administering lethal injections, the widely preferred method in the US. Difficulties finding the required drugs have essentially paused executions in many states, including South Carolina, which has not had an execution since 2011.
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