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No Ordered Modification of Absentee-Ballot Procedures on the Night Before an Election

Robert Timothy Reagan
October 30, 2023

Williams v. DeSantis (Robert L. Hinkle, N.D. Fla. 1:20-cv-67)
During the global infectious Covid-19 pandemic, a federal judge declined to modify absentee-ballot provisions in a presidential primary election in response to a complaint filed on the night before election day.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Absentee ballots; Covid-19; laches; intervention; case assignment; primary election.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Case Assignment | Early Voting | Intervention | Primary Election | Emergency Proceedings | Laches | Covid-19 | U.S. District Courts | N.D. Fla.