Summary of the opinion:
When the Republicans filed suit the Secretary of State told the court they hadn’t certified the results. Then, after a telephonic hearing with the court where they said that, the dems issued a press release saying that the vote was certified and then filed something with the court saying it was certified so the lawsuit was moot, or invalid because the results were already certified. The republicans said nahhh there are all these other steps to take to certify results and they haven’t done that. So the court says if there are other steps to be taken to certify results, dems are prohibited from taking further action to certify pending a full hearing where evidence can be presented.
Court says There’s no harm to the dems because electoral college Votes are not cast until 12/14 so given the dems actions it’s necessary to issue an emergency injunction prohibiting them from certifying. (Important: The standard for issuing an emergency injunction like this is that if the court doesn’t do it, one side will suffer irreparable harm.)
ALSO the court opines that the republicans have shown a likelihood they they will succeed on their claim that allowing mail in voting without one of the excuses as to why a voter can’t vote in person, which is required by the state constitution, without amending the state constitution (which they didn’t) is invalid on its face.
Court says the democrats saying the republicans point is moot and allowing them to take further steps to certify and not issue an emergency injunction prohibiting them from certifying could disenfranchise millions of voters, when issuing an emergency stay of certifying won’t disenfranchise anyone because the electoral college votes don’t have to be cast until mid December.
Summary of the opinion: When the Republicans filed suit the Secretary of State told the court they hadn’t certified the results. Then, after a telephonic hearing with the court where they said that, the dems issued a press release saying that the vote was certified and then filed something with the court saying it was certified so the lawsuit was moot, or invalid because the results were already certified. The republicans said nahhh there are all these other steps to take to certify results and they haven’t done that. So the court says if there are other steps to be taken to certify results, dems are prohibited from taking further action to certify pending a full hearing where evidence can be presented.
Court says There’s no harm to the dems because electoral college Votes are not cast until 12/14 so given the dems actions it’s necessary to issue an emergency injunction prohibiting them from certifying. (Important: The standard for issuing an emergency injunction like this is that if the court doesn’t do it, one side will suffer irreparable harm.)
ALSO the court opines that the republicans have shown a likelihood they they will succeed on their claim that allowing mail in voting without one of the excuses as to why a voter can’t vote in person, which is required by the state constitution, without amending the state constitution (which they didn’t) is invalid on its face.
Court says the democrats saying the republicans point is moot and allowing them to take further steps to certify and not issue an emergency injunction prohibiting them from certifying could disenfranchise millions of voters, when issuing an emergency stay of certifying won’t disenfranchise anyone because the electoral college votes don’t have to be cast until mid December.