Judge Sets March Bench Trial in Lawsuit over Voting Machines

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Source: kansaspublicradio.org

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The lawsuit filed by a Wichita mathematician seeking voting machine tapes after finding statistical anomalies in election counts is set to go to trial early next year. A scheduling order issued Monday sets a one-day bench trial for March 22 to hear the open records case brought by Wichita State University statistician Beth Clarkson. Sedgwick County Judge Douglas Roth also set deadlines for motions and scheduled a January 14 pretrial conference. Clarkson wants the tapes to do a statistical model by checking the error rate on electronic voting machines used at a Sedgwick County voting station during the November 2014 general election. Top election officials for Kansas and Sedgwick County want the court to block the release of tapes, arguing they are not subject to the open records act.

Read more: http://kansaspublicradio.org/kpr-news/headlines-monday-october-19-2015


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Glad to see this!

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1. 10/22/15 Secretary of State Dismissed from Voting Machine Lawsuit -- two articles

link:
http://kansaspublicradio.org/kpr-news/secretary-state-dismissed-voting-machine-lawsuit

Thursday, October 22nd, 2015, by Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The top election official in Kansas was dismissed as a defendant from the lawsuit filed by a Wichita mathematician seeking voting machine tapes after finding statistical anomalies in election counts. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said in a statement Thursday he was pleased but not surprised. The move leaves Sedgwick County Elections Commissioner Tabitha Lehman, whose office actually has the tapes, as the only defendant in the case. Wichita State University statistician Beth Clarkson wants the tapes to do a statistical model by checking the error rate on electronic voting machines used at a Sedgwick County voting station during the November 2014 general election. Kobach says the law is clear regarding auditing procedures and contends he should have never been a party to the lawsuit in the first place.


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link to second article:
http://ksnt.com/2015/10/22/secretary-kobach-dismissed-from-clarkson-statistician-lawsuit/

Kobach dismissed from statistician’s lawsuit
By Zoe Brown Published: October 22, 2015

TOPEKA (KSNT) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has been officially dismissed from a lawsuit filed by Wichita statistician Elizabeth Clarkson.

Clarkson was requesting access to ballots in order to audit election results.

A release from Kobach’s office says he was pleased, but not surprised, with the dismissal. Kobach stated, “The letter of the law is clear regarding the auditing procedures of election ballots; we were dismissed as a party to this lawsuit because we should have never been a party in the first place.” He said the Secretary of State’s Office did not have custody of the ballots and did not have the authority to direct others to give Clarkson access.

Kobach also believes that, if the courts interpret the ballot custody statutes correctly, Clarkson’s access to the ballots will be denied again.

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Kobach believes that "if the courts interpret the ballot custody statutes correctly, Clarkson's access to the ballots will be denied again."

His arrogance is breathtaking.