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1/ Georgia's GOP governor @BrianKempGA has refused pleas from his constituents and even @realDonaldTrump to call a special session to address the state's violations of state election law as well as violations of the U.S. constitution. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-governor-kemp-rejects-trump-special-legislative-session/
2/ Fortunately for Georgians and frankly all Americans the great State of Texas has a brave governor @GregAbbott_TX and attorney general @KenPaxtonTX who willing to stand up for the voters and the constitution. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/texas-says-challenging-election-results-in-u-s-supreme-court
3/ When it was clear Georgia's Republican governor had turned his back on his constituents, the president, and the constitution of the United States the people of Texas took up their cause and filed suit against Georgia and Brian Kemp. https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/admin/2020/Press/SCOTUSFiling.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=
4/ The case is compelling because it doesn't depend on fact but instead on big fat constitutional issues. Furthermore, since it is a case between states it goes directly to #SCOTUS and skips the lower courts.
5/ Legal experts like @steve_vladeck claim that #SCOTUS will never hear the case and normally I would agree, but in this case there is a compelling reason for the court to go ahead and hear the case as it would give the 65 million Trump voters their day in court.
7/ The @The_RGA needs to get on the ball and get as many other states to sign on to the Texas litigation as soon as possible. https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/admin/2020/Press/SCOTUSFiling.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=
8/ Georgia Specifics from TX Lawsuit:
Georgia has 16 electoral votes, with a statewide vote tally currently estimated at 2,458,121 for President Trump and 2,472,098 for former Vice President Biden, a margin of approximately 12,670 votes.
Georgia has 16 electoral votes, with a statewide vote tally currently estimated at 2,458,121 for President Trump and 2,472,098 for former Vice President Biden, a margin of approximately 12,670 votes.
9/ Georgia Specifics from TX Lawsuit:
The number of votes affected by the various constitutional violations exceeds the margin of votes dividing the candidates.
The number of votes affected by the various constitutional violations exceeds the margin of votes dividing the candidates.
10/ Georgia Specifics from TX Lawsuit:
@GaSecofState, Brad Raffensperger, without legislative approval, unilaterally abrogated Georgia’s statute governing the signature verification process for absentee ballots.
@GaSecofState, Brad Raffensperger, without legislative approval, unilaterally abrogated Georgia’s statute governing the signature verification process for absentee ballots.
11/ GA Specifics from TX Lawsuit:
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-386 prohibits the opening of absentee ballots until after the polls open on Election Day: In April 2020, however, the Election Board adopted Secretary of State Rule 183-1-14-0.9-.15, Processing Ballots Prior to Election Day.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-386 prohibits the opening of absentee ballots until after the polls open on Election Day: In April 2020, however, the Election Board adopted Secretary of State Rule 183-1-14-0.9-.15, Processing Ballots Prior to Election Day.
12/ GA Specifics from Lawsuit:
GA law authorizes and requires a single registrar or clerk after reviewing the outer envelope to reject an absentee ballot if the voter failed to sign the required oath or to provide the required information, the signature appears invalid,
GA law authorizes and requires a single registrar or clerk after reviewing the outer envelope to reject an absentee ballot if the voter failed to sign the required oath or to provide the required information, the signature appears invalid,
13/ GA Specifics from Lawsuit:
or the required information does not conform with the information on file, or if the voter is otherwise found
ineligible to vote. O.C.G.A. § 21-2-386(a)(1)(B)-(C).
or the required information does not conform with the information on file, or if the voter is otherwise found
ineligible to vote. O.C.G.A. § 21-2-386(a)(1)(B)-(C).
14/ GA Specifics from Lawsuit:
GA law provides absentee voters the chance to “cure a failure to sign the oath, an invalid signature, or missing information” on a ballot’s outer envelope by the deadline for verifying provisional ballots (i.e., three days after the election).
GA law provides absentee voters the chance to “cure a failure to sign the oath, an invalid signature, or missing information” on a ballot’s outer envelope by the deadline for verifying provisional ballots (i.e., three days after the election).
15/ GA Specifics from Lawsuit:
O.C.G.A. §§ 21-2-386(a)(1)(C), 21-2-419(c)(2). To facilitate cures, Georgia law requires the relevant election official to
notify the voter in writing: “The board of registrars or absentee ballot clerk shall
O.C.G.A. §§ 21-2-386(a)(1)(C), 21-2-419(c)(2). To facilitate cures, Georgia law requires the relevant election official to
notify the voter in writing: “The board of registrars or absentee ballot clerk shall
16/ GA Specifics from Lawsuit:
promptly notify the elector of such rejection, a copy of which notification shall be retained in the files of the board of registrars or absentee ballot clerk for at least two years.” O.C.G.A. § 21-2-386(a)(1)(B).
promptly notify the elector of such rejection, a copy of which notification shall be retained in the files of the board of registrars or absentee ballot clerk for at least two years.” O.C.G.A. § 21-2-386(a)(1)(B).
