“Democrats Settle Election Dispute with the State of Arizona”
Source: Election Law Blog
Release:
The Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ann Kirkpatrick for Arizona, the Arizona Democratic Party, Hillary for America, and Sanders, Inc., announced that they reached a settlement in their joint lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona that will make it easier for residents to vote.
Maricopa County miscalculated voter turnout and underestimated the number of vote centers needed to accommodate voters during the March presidential primaries. In the federal lawsuit, Democrats proffered a line expert explaining why Maricopa Countys allocation formulas were wrong, and offered a number of remedies. In response to the Democrats motion for an injunction, Maricopa County represented to the Court that it would be implementing many of those suggestions. In addition, as part of the settlement agreement, Maricopa County agreed to consider further recommendations from line experts to better ensure that voters will not again be subject to unacceptably long lines as a result of unsupported allocation decisions.
Marc Elias:Great result for the voters of Maricopa. The remaining claims remain against the state.
Read more: http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86399
Arizona had understaffed the Arizona primary which resulted in long delays. Hillary Clinton's election law litigator brought this lawsuit due to long delays in the Arizona primary and forced a favorable settlement.
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Sanders, Inc.?
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(144,005 posts)Here is a link to the original petition where neither the Clinton campaign nor the Sanders campaign are named as parties. http://kjzz.org/sites/default/files/Feldman%20v%20Secretary%20of%20State%20Complaint.pdf Sanders joined the case later and was part of it according to some reports http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/clinton-campaign-and-democratic-party-are-going-sue-arizona
Jeff Weaver, the campaign manager for Sen. Bernie Sanders, said in a statement provided to Mother Jones Thursday afternoon that the Sanders campaign supports and will join the suit.
I know that Sanders and his campaign were very supportive of this litigation. Without the amended pleadings, I have no idea as to the Sanders entity other than this entity was suppose to represent the Sanders campaign.
This lawsuit was a great example of the Sanders campaign, the Clinton campaign, the DNC and the Arizona party working together.