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If anyone is interested in a deep dive into Detroit/Wayne County's 2020 election audit, here's the Michigan Secretary of State's report. Detroit begins on Page 19; fairly technical, but it explains the "out of balance" phenomenon that twists out of proportion.

Basically, it's a sorting issue as ballots are collected. Sometimes they go in the wrong bin. The sorting issues are corrected by county clerks in the days following the election.

michigan.gov/-/media/Project/W

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This is the Detroit News reporter who broke the story about pressuring Detroit canvassers to lie about the 2020 election results. He was on last night with Ali Velshi.

youtube.com/watch?v=tFN30pPROP

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From Ward Sutton for today's Boston Globe.

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

From : Rudy Giuliani declares bankruptcy. 🤣

cnn.com/2023/12/21/politics/ru

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

This was a state court judge ruling. It was never appealed because we ran out of time (and money).

Nonetheless, I can see deciding that Colorado can't exclude Trump from a *primary* ballot due to freedom of association, because the CO GOP has that right.

But for a *general* election ballot, the circumstances might be different.

Just tossing this out as a thought experiment. (2/2)

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

Tossing this out as an anecdote ...

Duke v. Smith was a 1992 state court case in which several fringe presidential candidates sued to gain primary ballot access. (I worked for Agran's campaign.)

The judge ruled that a political party is like a private organization, with freedom of association, therefore it can choose whomever it wants on a primary ballot. (1/x)

casemine.com/judgement/us/5914

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

From :

calls in to Joy Reid with reaction to the ballot access ruling.

youtube.com/watch?v=2cYwkiG9p9

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

From Denver Post on ballot ruling:

"The Supreme Court, in a 4-3 opinion, found that Trump is barred under a provision of the 14th Amendment that prohibits people who engaged in insurrection from running for office, based on his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach and riot by his supporters."

Note -- All seven court members were appointed by Democratic governors, including the three who voted with the minority opinion.

denverpost.com/2023/12/19/dona

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Regardless of the candidate, I'll be curious to see if picks up the ruling.

Typically questions about access to a state ballot rest with the state court. This isn't a general election, it's a state primary to determine who represents the Colorado Republican Party.

SCOTUS intervened in Florida's 2000 count, but that was a general election.

Given this court's majority tendency to side with states' rights (e.g. Dobbs), maybe SCOTUS will decline to pick it up.

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BREAKING FROM :

Supreme Court removes from Republican primary ballot, citing the 14th Amendment.

cnn.com/politics/live-news/col

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From :

governor Abbott signs law giving state police the power to arrest illegal immigrants.

Here's why this won't work ... Other than the obvious (federal jurisdiction), if local police enforce this their jails quickly will fill up. INS won't come to get them, because it's a state law.

When I was in law enforcement in the 1980s, we didn't detain suspected immigrants for this reason. No place to put them, better things to do with the jail space.

cnn.com/2023/12/18/politics/te

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From :

Shay Moss and Ruby Freeman sue Rudy Giuliani again as he continues to lie about them.

cnn.com/2023/12/18/politics/ge

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

BREAKING from :

Jury finds that Rudy Giuliani should pay Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss $148 million for false accusations of election fraud.

nbcnews.com/politics/politics-

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

From :

In the days before the end of his term, ordered a binder of the nation's most secret intelligence brought to the White House. It then disappeared. 🤔

(Have they tried the Russian Embassy?)

cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/po

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From

Brevard Public Schools board bans thirteen more books demanded removed by Moms for Liberty.

floridatoday.com/story/news/20

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More from :

“Instead of doing anything to help make Americans’ lives better, they are focused on attacking me with lies. Instead of doing their job on the urgent work that needs to be done, they are choosing to waste time on this baseless political stunt that even Republicans in Congress admit is not supported by facts," said in a statement shortly after the vote on Wednesday.

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Breaking from : Because they have no evidence, House Republican majority votes to begin impeachment inquiry into President .

cnn.com/politics/live-news/bid

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

From :

U.S. Supreme Court to decide on banning drug mifepristone nationwide.

cnn.com/2023/12/13/politics/su

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From :

Moms for Liberty to confront Brevard Public Schools board tonight to demand more books be banned.

floridatoday.com/story/news/20

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

For those of you too young to remember the Republican lies about "death panels," in 2009 declared that to be their lie of the year.

politifact.com/article/2009/de

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