Date: November 6th, 2024 3:13 AM Author: ''"'''"''"'
A nearly four-year-old legal effort by Black voters to convince a court to prevent former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party from potentially intimidating voters and poll workers is quietly coming back to life as the 2024 election approaches.
Date: November 6th, 2024 3:14 AM Author: ''"'''"''"'
The case could have enormous implications for this election and future ones: The voters are asking a federal judge to put Trump, his campaign and the Republican National Committee under court supervision that would require them to seek pre-approval before “engaging in any activities related to recounts, certifications, or similar post-election activities,” and to bar the defendants from intimidating voters, poll workers and other election officials.
Date: November 6th, 2024 3:17 AM Author: ''"'''"''"'
At the heart of the lawsuit are claims by Black voters in Michigan that the defendants worked together in 2020 to unlawfully disenfranchise them and other voters in “major metropolitan areas with large Black voter populations” through “disrupting vote counting efforts, lodging groundless challenges during recounts, and attempting to block certification of election results through intimidation and coercion of election officials and volunteers.”
Date: November 6th, 2024 3:18 AM Author: ''"'''"''"'
Chutkan has yet to make any substantial rulings in the matter. She was randomly assigned the pivotal case last October, receiving it months after she started overseeing the criminal case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against Trump.
Date: November 6th, 2024 3:19 AM Author: ''"'''"''"'
In a filing Tuesday, lawyers for the Black voters stressed that avoiding litigation over the question of immunity would allow the case to “proceed expeditiously … particularly in light of the upcoming November election.”