The Third Circus didn’t rule that the signature requirement was a “meaningless technicality,” but that it violated the Civil Rights Act by denying the right to vote based on an immaterial error or omission unrelated to the voter’s qualifications.
Pathetic, contorted legalism. Sadly, the Supreme Court’s invalidation of it does not invalidate that legal theory, just its precedence.
At this point I am thankful for a half a loaf.