his reasoning is that the defendants (people being accused) argued they have no control over what counties do with these machines because according to them, each county election board owns their own machine and its not up to either Governor nor Secretary of State to tell them what to do with them.
Since Lin Wood did not bother to name every single County level election official in the fucking state as the defendant on his lawsuit, according to the judge he is out of luck on this.
The judge is also suggesting that if they disagree, it should be the plaintiff's responsibility to delve into state bureaucracy and produce definitive evidence showing that any of the named defendants have authority over what happens to these voting machines.
He must've been threatened/pressured. Maybe someone has blackmail on him. But he reversed the order on the most narrow of grounds, which is what they do when they don't want to take the time to hear the case. They'll find something procedurally wrong with it, and dismiss it on those grounds. It's a bitch move. Maybe SCOTUS will do something?
does anyone honestly know the reasoning he is using?
his reasoning is that the defendants (people being accused) argued they have no control over what counties do with these machines because according to them, each county election board owns their own machine and its not up to either Governor nor Secretary of State to tell them what to do with them.
Since Lin Wood did not bother to name every single County level election official in the fucking state as the defendant on his lawsuit, according to the judge he is out of luck on this.
The judge is also suggesting that if they disagree, it should be the plaintiff's responsibility to delve into state bureaucracy and produce definitive evidence showing that any of the named defendants have authority over what happens to these voting machines.
it's 100% bullshit argument.
He must've been threatened/pressured. Maybe someone has blackmail on him. But he reversed the order on the most narrow of grounds, which is what they do when they don't want to take the time to hear the case. They'll find something procedurally wrong with it, and dismiss it on those grounds. It's a bitch move. Maybe SCOTUS will do something?