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Challenging Post-Election Disqualification of Winning Candidates

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
September 9, 2023

Orgeron v. Quartzsite (Roslyn O. Silver, D. Ariz. 2:12-cv-1238)
A federal complaint challenged the disqualification of a town-council election victor for insufficient residency and the disqualification of the mayoral election victor for indebtedness to the city. The district judge ruled in favor of the council victor, but she determined that the council victor did not have standing to seek a remedy for the mayoral victor’s injury.
Subject: Voting irregularities. Topics: Enjoining certification; matters for state courts; case assignment.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Election Litigation | Case Assignment | Enjoining Certification | Matters for State Courts | Voting Irregularities | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | D. Ariz.