(running summaries)
(lin wood lawsuit article)
“The lawsuit takes issue with a settlement this spring between Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the Democratic Party of Georgia, which requires election workers to consult with two of their peers before rejecting absentee ballots because of possible mismatched signatures.”
“Trump’s tweet erroneously mentions a consent decree approved by Gov. Brian Kemp, but no such decree exists, and he wasn’t involved in the settlement.”
“Signature matching is impossible during recounts because ballot envelopes can’t be traced back to ballots once they’re opened. Ballot secrecy is protected by state and federal election laws.”
“Election officials reported they had rejected 1,876 absentee ballots across Georgia through Thursday because of mismatched or missing signatures, according to state election data.”
I recall hearing about discrepancies in “curing” in which problem-containing ballots in differing areas were cured to differing levels of efficacy depending upon circumstances such as whether one was in a historically democrat precinct or a historically republican precinct. (so much for the efficacy of ballot curing.) allowing curing to differing degrees of efficacy as a function of historical voting patterns is allegedly a violation of equal protection under the law (civil rights law).
The ballot curing is addressed in the suit on two levels. Article 2 because the legislature doesn’t allow for pre-election day curing, in fact, not allowing ballots to be canvassed before 7 am Election Day. Amendment 14 unequal protection arising from curing being done at Dim, not Pub locations.