A lawsuit arguing that county election board members in Georgia have the discretion to refuse to certify election results has been dismissed on a technicality, but the judge noted it could be refiled.
Fulton County election board member Julie Adams filed a lawsuit in May asking a judge to declare that the county election board members’ duties “are discretionary, not ministerial, in nature.” At issue is a Georgia law that says the county officials “shall” certify results after engaging in a process to make sure they are accurate.
Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney on Monday dismissed Adams’ lawsuit, saying that she had failed to name the correct party as a defendant. The Associated Press has reached out to Adams’ lawyers seeking comment on the ruling and asking if they intend to file a new complaint.
I’m gonna be real with you, Georgia GOP:
This is the courts, not a throwaway internet comment.
Personal opinion, if your lawyers suck so bad they can’t figure this shit out the first time, maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to refile.
Like, the number of times right wing lawyers do wrong shit because they don’t actually know what they’re doing is really high at this point, and maybe as a society we should be saying “No, if you’re not smart enough to know WHO you’re suing, you probably don’t deserve to sue them to begin with, because it calls into question the integrity of the questions you bring to the court when you cannot get basic factual details correct.”
We all know it’s a fucking bad-faith argument anyway, so what gives, why do we always give them a chance to argue in bad faith in a court of law? What the fuck.
At issue is a Georgia law that says the county officials “shall” certify results after engaging in a process to make sure they are accurate.
In legalese, shall means they are obligated to certify the results after the process for ensuring they are accurate. They don’t have a choice.
I know, which is why I called it out as bad faith. (I did add that after an edit, which maybe you have not seen yet because it hasn’t federated, that’s on me.)
I see you point out the bad faith part, but not an explanation for why it was in bad faith for those not familiar with the terminology. Just adding the context.
Thanks, you’re doing good works by adding context. Hats off.
