The injury took place when the fraud occurred. When an observer was stopped. When a ballot was destroyed. When no signature was reviewed. When “adjudicated” ballots were tampered with. When registration files were corrupted. That’s when our right to vote was injured. And a state represents all of its citizens whose vote doesn’t mean shit when other states cheat.
No, the injury doesn't occur until certification. Until that point a state could see the error of its ways and repair the fraud that has taken place. Basically you have to give the state in the wrong a chance to fix it first.
If someone broke into your house to steal something, had a change of heart and didn't steal anything you couldn't ask they be charged with theft (doesn't mean they wouldn't still get charged with something else).
They would be charged with burglary a felony and trespassing. Both crimes. If I was home they also would have been arrested or if they resisted and sufficiently threatened me with serious harm, shot.
Ok maybe a bad analogy but I'll stick with it. Fraudulent or invalid votes happen and each state has a process to remove those votes and then certify. Until certification, it's that specific state's responsibility to fix it. TX can't just jump in and claim theft before the other state has finished their certification process. It would be like you catching someone trespassing (even if their intent was to steal) and then trying to get the judge to convict them of theft even though no theft occurred.
The injury took place when the fraud occurred. When an observer was stopped. When a ballot was destroyed. When no signature was reviewed. When “adjudicated” ballots were tampered with. When registration files were corrupted. That’s when our right to vote was injured. And a state represents all of its citizens whose vote doesn’t mean shit when other states cheat.
No, the injury doesn't occur until certification. Until that point a state could see the error of its ways and repair the fraud that has taken place. Basically you have to give the state in the wrong a chance to fix it first.
Ah must be some new rule of law.
So when my house is robbed I’m obliged to let the thief give me back the stolen valuables?
I don’t think that’s true of stolen valuables and I don’t think it’s true of stolen votes either.
If someone broke into your house to steal something, had a change of heart and didn't steal anything you couldn't ask they be charged with theft (doesn't mean they wouldn't still get charged with something else).
They would be charged with burglary a felony and trespassing. Both crimes. If I was home they also would have been arrested or if they resisted and sufficiently threatened me with serious harm, shot.
Ok maybe a bad analogy but I'll stick with it. Fraudulent or invalid votes happen and each state has a process to remove those votes and then certify. Until certification, it's that specific state's responsibility to fix it. TX can't just jump in and claim theft before the other state has finished their certification process. It would be like you catching someone trespassing (even if their intent was to steal) and then trying to get the judge to convict them of theft even though no theft occurred.