{"id":1220,"date":"2021-08-29T19:43:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T19:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/?page_id=1220"},"modified":"2022-03-16T23:24:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T23:24:00","slug":"voting-related-litigation-california","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/voting-related-litigation-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting-related Litigation: California"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>1. Election Integrity Project California, Inc., et al. v. Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State, et al.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>(Filed January 4, 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/ElectionLawsuits\/California\/CA-Integrity-00032-Complaint.pdf\">2:21-cv-00032<\/a>;<\/em><em>\u00a0Dismissed with prejudice\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/ElectionLawsuits\/California\/CA09Order6_14.pdf\">June 14, 2021<\/a><\/em><i>;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Appeal pending as of January 17, 2022, 21-56061<\/span><\/i><em>)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>US District Court: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/ElectionLawsuits\/California\/CA-Integrity-00032-Complaint.pdf\">Election Integrity Project California, Inc., et al. v. Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State, et al.<\/a><\/em> was filed in US District Court, Central District of California, on January 4, 2021. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief in relation to the November 3, 2020, General Election including a request to preserve paper ballots and all voting machines as well as a request to decertify the election results. The case was assigned to the Hon. Andre Birotte, Jr., a <strong>Democratic<\/strong> appointee. On January 5, 2021, Plaintiffs filed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/ElectionLawsuits\/California\/CA09MotTRO1_5.pdf\">Motion for Temporary Restraining Order<\/a> which was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/ElectionLawsuits\/California\/CA-Integrity-00032-disposition.pdf\">denied<\/a> on January 11, 2021. Plaintiffs filed an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/ca09amendcomp-2\/\">Amended Complaint<\/a> on March 8, 2021, dropping the request to decertify the results of the election. Plaintiffs\u2019 Amended Complaint was <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/ElectionLawsuits\/California\/CA09Order6_14.pdf\">dismissed<\/a>\u00a0with prejudice on\u00a0June 14, 2021. On August 30, 2021, the court entered a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/ElectionLawsuits\/California\/CA09Order8_30.pdf\">final judgment<\/a>\u00a0on the complaint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>US Court of Appeals:<\/em> Plaintiffs filed an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/ElectionLawsuits\/California\/CA09NotApp9_27.pdf\">appeal<\/a> of Judge Birotte\u2019s decision in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on September 27, 2021. The appeal is pending as of January 17, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issues:<\/strong> Voting machines (intentional fraud); Vote-by-mail (improper signature certification, illegal ballots added to results)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome:<\/strong> The Plaintiffs lost.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/voting-related-litigation\/\">Back to voting-related litigation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Election Integrity Project California, Inc., et al. v. Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State, et al. (Filed January 4, 2021, 2:21-cv-00032;\u00a0Dismissed with prejudice\u00a0June 14, 2021;\u00a0Appeal pending as of January 17, 2022, 21-56061) US District Court: Election Integrity Project California, Inc., et al. v. 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