Stokke v. Cegavske (Andrew P. Gordon, D. Nev. 2:20-cv-2046)
While the 2020 general-election vote was being counted in Nevada, a federal complaint alleged that a county’s use of signature-matching software for absentee ballots was improper and that media access to vote counting was inadequate. The district judge denied the plaintiffs relief.
Subject: Voting procedures. Topics: Signature matching; voting technology; absentee ballots; early voting; news media; intervention; equal protection; matters for state courts; Covid-19; recusal; case assignment.
One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.