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Several Georgia state lawmakers saw the Texas AG suit seeking to overturn results in 4 battleground states, heard our AG call it "constitutionally, legally and factually wrong" and then wrote their own amicus brief.
Spoiler - it's also riddled with errors. #gapol
Several Georgia state lawmakers saw the Texas AG suit seeking to overturn results in 4 battleground states, heard our AG call it "constitutionally, legally and factually wrong" and then wrote their own amicus brief.
Spoiler - it's also riddled with errors. #gapol
The crux of the argument, which you can read here ( https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163469/20201210202722129_22O155%20Amici%20Brief%20GA%20State%20Sem%20%20Willian%20Ligon%20et%20al.pdf) echoes the Trump campaign lawsuit that thousands upon thousands of illegal votes were cast.
The underlying data is questionable at best, debunked in some cases at worst.
The underlying data is questionable at best, debunked in some cases at worst.
Two big errors in the opening pages - absentee processing is *two weeks* before Election Day.
(Rule says three Mondays, which is not the same as three weeks).
(Rule says three Mondays, which is not the same as three weeks).
...and they misunderstand what a "mobile voting" location is/does.
Wrong code section for polling places (they cite Election Day law), and in fact the legislature changed the law in 2019 to allow for EV sites to be more flexible.
Wrong code section for polling places (they cite Election Day law), and in fact the legislature changed the law in 2019 to allow for EV sites to be more flexible.
Even more notable: the Republican lawmakers' argument that it's not fair Fulton is a large county with more polling places would then be a case to undo small rural counties *closing* polling places and early voting sites. https://twitter.com/stphnfwlr/status/1337346549261758464?s=20
At this point any lawmaker that is pushing the debunked "suitcases full of ballots" stuff has either not used the internet or is pretending the facts don't exist.
Also, state law allows - but does not require - partisan monitors to be present for votes to count.
Also, state law allows - but does not require - partisan monitors to be present for votes to count.
"Two counties counted absentee ballots before Election Day" but we won't/don't tell you which ones to back up our claims.
Comparing apples to oranges with signature rejections (plus state says signature rejection is similar proportion).
It defies logic that these lawmakers probably never checked with their county elections officials before insinuating they didn't do their jobs correctly.
It defies logic that these lawmakers probably never checked with their county elections officials before insinuating they didn't do their jobs correctly.
[citation needed]
There's no evidence of widespread fraud, or that people could somehow "assume the identities of others" to request ballots without having driver's license number or SSN, etc.
![[citation needed]There's no evidence of widespread fraud, or that people could somehow "assume the identities of others" to request ballots without having driver's license number or SSN, etc.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eo84jmsWMAEpQFo.png "[citation needed]There's no evidence of widespread fraud, or that people could somehow \"assume the identities of others\" to request ballots without having driver's license number or SSN, etc.")
There's no evidence of widespread fraud, or that people could somehow "assume the identities of others" to request ballots without having driver's license number or SSN, etc.
Several of the members who signed this did not run for re-election and have nothing to lose. Several others are saying that their own elections/re-elections need to be tossed. But all of them will gladly come to the start of the legislative session come January.
OH! And the best, stupidest part - the lawmakers' filing says erroneously that you sign the actual *absentee ballot* when you return it, so they are signaling to the highest court in the land that they as lawmakers are either lazy or incompetent.
No, you don't sign the ballot.
No, you don't sign the ballot.
