1/Updating Dem efforts to green light absentee-ballot fraud in NC:

Sept 30 (review) - Federal Judge Osteen’s order observes that State Elections Board “settlement” “has eliminated the one-witness requirement under the guise of compliance with this court’s order.” #ncpol

2/As background, Judge Osteen has presided since May 22 over suit attacking antifraud protections for absentee ballots. On Aug 4, Osteen issued a 188-page order largely upholding procedures the legislature modified on Jun 12, including the witness requirement.

3/The same Dem attacks also failed before a 3-judge state court in early Sept.

So, Dems filed yet another suit Aug 10, avoided a 3-judge panel by claiming they were making “as-applied” rather than facial challenges to laws, and got their target judge, Dem Bryan Collins.

4/Collins is same judge who held last year that the elected General Assembly is a usurper body without full power to act (since reversed for gross legal error on appeal).

5/So, with that background, here’s the new action since Wed.:

Thu, Oct 1: Notwithstanding Osteen’s Sept 30 order, Dem state Judge Collins obligingly approved the Dem plaintiffs’ & Elections Bd’s collusive settlement, which would end protections from fraud in absentee balloting.

6/But, also Oct 1: Judge Osteen issued ANOTHER order noting that when the NCSBE eliminated the witness requirement it used “this court’s preliminary injunction ... to obtain relief this court denied.” He anticipated “an additional injunction” to come.

7/And then TODAY, in litigation filed last Sat by legislative leaders, Trump campaign, RNC and yours truly,

Judge Jim Dever entered this beast of a TRO in Raleigh federal court: http://speakermoore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Order-granting-TRO.pdf

8/Judge Dever’s order recognized that NCSBE’s “settlement” eliminated not only “the statutory witness requirement” but also “the statutory deadline for absentee ballots,” AND the requirement of in-person mailing or delivery by the voter. Pp 7-9

9/Dever pointedly noted that NCSBE hid the ball from Judge Osteen and found that it “materially changed the rules under which the election was taking place” on Oct 2, after “319,209 NC voters had cast absentee ballots. Pp 9, 14

Then Judge Dever really unloaded:

10/“At bottom, the NCSBE has ignored the statutory scheme and arbitrarily created multiple, disparate regimes under which N.C. voters cast absentee ballots.” ...

11/“The NCSBE inequitably and materially upset the electoral status quo in the middle of an election by issuing the memoranda and giving the memoranda legal effect via the October 2, 2020 consent judgment.” ...

12/“The memoranda, by materially changing the electoral process in the middle of an election after over 300,000 people have voted, undermines that confidence and creates confusion for those North Carolinians who have yet to cast their ballots.” Pp 15

13/Judge Dever restrained all of these actions and transferred the new cases to Judge Osteen for further proceedings.

14/Remember, this is the politicized manipulation of the State Board of Elections by Roy Cooper, under legal advice by Josh Stein, in collusion with Marc Elias, facilitated by Dem Judge Collins. Cooper, Stein and Collins are all candidates on this year’s ballot. Brazen.

15/Oct 7 in Judge Osteen’s court in Greensboro is going to be

So far, timely action by federal judges has prevented corrupt state officials and partisans from using a rogue state judge to throw open this election to widespread fraud. May they stick to their guns. #ncpol