A Michigan judge has denied the Trump campaign's motion to cease certification of the vote in Detroit, noting that if the election challengers had attended orientation, they would know that what they were witnessing was routine.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7328416/11-13-20-Costantino-Opinion.pdf
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7328416/11-13-20-Costantino-Opinion.pdf
A claim that workers were instructed not to ask for ID was made less credible because the affiant failed to, y'know, say when or where it happened, or how many times.
As for the claim that she was told not to compare signatures, that task was completed elsewhere--which is something a competent lawyer might have felt the need to look up before alleging fraud.
It sounds like a different witness signed an affidavit saying she believed the other people's affidavits?
Typically, witnesses are not allowed to say whether they believe or don't believe other witnesses, and must have personal knowledge of what they're talking about. Baffling.
Typically, witnesses are not allowed to say whether they believe or don't believe other witnesses, and must have personal knowledge of what they're talking about. Baffling.
Another witness, the judge says, is simply clueless, ascribing massive ballot fraud to the use of rental vans with out-of-state plates.
One guy thinks ballots have to be in sealed boxes. They don't. Another guy thought voting machines were connected to the internet. They weren't.
One thing that can hurt your credibility as a witness is already believing a conspiracy theory before you even get to be a poll watcher.
This is the account of the lawyer who almost got arrested trying to get past a police officer to get into a room to decide voter eligibility. That decision was already made elsewhere, and no one was allowed in past capacity.
Long story short, the judge's decision is based almost entirely on the credibility of the witnesses. And he finds that, because there are other remedies available, an injunction is unnecessary, and likely harmful to the interests of Michigan voters.