Ballots

Judge Allows Lawsuit Seeking Paper Ballots in Georgia to Advance

A lawsuit attempting to require paper ballots in Georgia elections can move ahead, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg rejected a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which alleges that the state’s current electronic voting machines are unsafe and should be replaced with hand-marked paper ballots. Attorneys for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger have argued …


GOP Leaders Renew Push to Block Lawsuit Over Election Spat

Mississippi House Republican leaders will appeal a court ruling in a dispute over an election that tied, went to a drawing of straws and was later flipped. The disputed election gave House Republicans a three-fifths supermajority by changing a seat from Democrat Bo Eaton to the GOP’s Mark Tullos. The lawsuit was filed by five voters whose ballots were discarded.


San Jose: Jimmy Nguyen’s Election Lawsuit Focuses on Disqualified Ballots

SAN JOSE — Defeated City Council candidate Jimmy Nguyen is questioning 116 contested ballots that he says could have swayed the narrow District 8 election in his favor, according to a lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Nguyen in November lost by 68 votes to Councilwoman Sylvia Arenas , who was sworn in Tuesday. Among other claims, Nguyen’s lawsuit says a ballot recount he paid …



Ballot Instructions in Pierce County Inaccurate, Democrats Say

UPDATE: 5:49 pm. Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson tells KUOW that she has reached an agreement with the state Democratic Party because of the threat of the lawsuit. Anderson says her office will acquiesce to the party’s demands and is currently in the process of working out the details.


Federal Lawsuit by Pot Petitioners Seeks to Halt Michigan Ballot Printing

A federal lawsuit aims to get enough votes counted to place the issue of recreational marijuana use on the November 2016 ballot. File photo Two people who signed and circulated petitions for Michigan’s recreational marijuana vote have filed a federal lawsuit meant to stop the printing of November ballots until the signatures are counted. They argue Michigan voters should decide marijuana …


DFL Lawsuit to Get Donald Trump Off Minnesota Ballot Has Little…

The DFL is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to strip Trump’s name from ballots for the Nov. 8 election, potentially denying Republicans a chance to vote for their presidential nominee, because of the way the Republican Party filed for ballot access. That’s an action opponents and legal observers call extreme, drastic and undemocratic. Meanwhile, the Minnesota secretary of state’s office told …


Defeated San Jose Councilman Files Lawsuit to Challenge Election

After losing a second ballot recount this week costing him nearly $15,000, Councilman Manh Nguyen filed a lawsuit to overturn the results of the June election that handed him a narrow defeat — a case experts say will be tough to win. But the incumbent councilman, who’s been in office a little more than a year, is not giving up. His attorney claims the June 7 primary election was …


Bernie Sanders May Gain Delegates After New Action-Class Lawsuit Seeks to Prove New York Closed Primary Unconstitutional, Could Stop Certification of Results

The New York primary election fiasco appears like it is not going to abate anytime soon. As reported earlier by the Inquisitr, more than three million Independent voters — amounting to 27 percent of the electorate — were not allowed to cast their ballots in the New York primary held on April 19. The state’s closed primary system requires Independent voters to change their party affiliations six …