Charlie Javice seeks to overturn conviction because of the judge’s clerks’ connections to JPMorgan attorneys.
Charlie Jarvis Seeks New Trial Following Allegations of Conflict of Interest Charlie Jarvis, recently found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million, is pushing for a new trial. He argues that a law clerk from the presiding judge’s office took a position at a law firm representing the bank after the trial concluded. […]
Georgia judge blocks rule requiring clerks to hand count number of ballots
A Georgia judge ruled Tuesday that it would create “administrative chaos” if poll workers were required to process millions of ballots without training, leading to an “administrative chaos” on election night. The planned hand counting of ballots was canceled. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that the controversial rule is “too much, too […]
Georgia clerks can’t hold up election results for suspected fraud or error, judge rules: ‘Thou shalt certify!’
A judge in Georgia's Fulton County Superior Court ruled late Monday that members of the election board are obligated to certify election results even if there were irregularities, crimes or systemic errors. But Julie Adams of the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, who filed the lawsuit against the county, hailed the ruling as […]
Wisconsin clerks print ballots even as RFK Jr. sues to get his name off them
WATERTOWN, Wis. — As county clerks print and distribute ballots to the more than 1,800 city and town clerks who administer Wisconsin's elections, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is still trying to remove his name from the ballot. Kennedy announced his candidacy on August 6, the deadline for independent candidates in Wisconsin, but on August 25 […]
Andy Kim celebrates as clerks back down from appeal of New Jersey county line decision
Every county clerk who appealed U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi’s decision to overturn the “county line” in New Jersey’s Democratic primary has taken back their appeal in another win for Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ). The majority of the county clerks named in Kim’s lawsuit originally appealed the judge’s decision, citing concerns about its timing during […]