Vis Lupi Est Grex

Statute of Limitations

As a friendly reminder to anybody who lost a bid for election (I'm thinking particularly of Daniel Clark, who lost his tie with Matthew Maggy by draw of cards) and wants to do something about it (we're Americans, we sue!), the Judicial Council's Rules of Procedure appear to require cases to be filed by Thursday, March 19, to be considered filed "in good faith."

Rule 3(e)(2)(A)(iv) of the Judicial Rules of Procedure states:

Rule 3 (e)...
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(2) REVIEW OF CHARGE SHEETS.—
(A) After the filing of a charge sheet, the Council shall meet as soon as possible to determine if the case should be accepted. In order to accept a case, the Council must find that four conditions are met:
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(iv) The case is filed in good faith. The following are non-restrictive guidelines for determining this condition:
(I) Election violation cases are considered filed in good faith if they are originally filed before 4 p.m. on the Tuesday following the close of polls.
(II) Appeals for election violation cases are considered filed in good faith if they are filed within seven days following the release of the original decision.
(III) Cases to invalidate an election are considered filed in good faith if they are filed within seven days after the election count.
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The reason I point this out is I would be willing to wager that the Election Commission had a systemic error in its counting, just as it did last year. [LINK]

Daniel Clark and Matthew Maggy may have appeared to have tied last night, but a closer examination of the ballots may reveal that the race was not tied. Basically, it's a deficiency of using WebCampus to do voting rather than using solely paper ballots or springing for software actually designed for voting.

Happy suing!