Leo Donofrio: Analysis of Court's Ruling Against Kari Lake (on signatures)

The dispute, which Ryan Heath and Donofrio more-or-less take the same side of, is what grounds Lake should appeal Thompson's ruling on. Her lawyers went with the late/secret testing. Donofrio says there's a provision in Hobbs'/Ducey's EPM that allows for post-certification testing and further that the county level certification is hardware only, therefor Leo thinks they're making the wrong case. They should challenge Thompson's misapplication of the Miller standard.

Summary with Lake appeal/ legal filling:
https://electionpdfs.locals.com/post/4266883/kari-lake-files-notice-of-appeal
Reyes established standard for ballot signatures: they must meet the Miller standard of "substantial compliance" with nontechnical statutes:
https://electionpdfs.locals.com/post/4266863/reyes-v-cuming
Reyes breakdown--Maybe all of it's right, maybe some of it, but it should orient you:
https://maxmcadams.substack.com/p/reyes-v-cuming-1997-ariz-sc
Miller ruling:
https://electionpdfs.locals.com/post/4266859/miller-v-picacho-az-standard-for-compliance-with-nontechnical-statutes
2019 EPM (written by Hobbs, signed by Ducey, used in 2020 and 2022 elections):
https://electionpdfs.locals.com/post/3314621/az-2019-elections-procedures-manual

I'll have some videos on Lake's argument in a few days. In my view they never adequately responded to Donofrio's criticism; but I think Thompson made up his mind before the trial started, and we'll see about the higher courts. The outcome appears to be predetermined, for better or worse this is a SHOW TRIAL.

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