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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