Sunday snippets: Court nixes case seeking TN voting security; did Iran prez threaten to resign?
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Sunday snippets is a regular weekend feature at Daily Kos. • Sixth Circuit Court says tough beans to voter rights plaintiffs in Tennessee: A unanimous three-judge panel upheld a lower court ruling that found a voting rights group had no standing to sueSunday snippets: Court nixes case seeking TN voting security; did Iran prez threaten to resign?
Sunday snippets is a regular weekend feature at Daily Kos. • Sixth Circuit Court says tough beans to voter rights plaintiffs in Tennessee: A unanimous three-judge panel upheld a lower court ruling that found a voting rights group had no standing to sue over the lack of security of voting machines used in the Volunteer State. Shelby Advocates for Valid Elections—SAVE—filed suit in 2018 against the Tennessee Election Commission and Secretary of State Tre Hargett. They said obsolete software and equipment means elections in Shelby County, home to Memphis, are vulnerable to hackers who could alter the true results. U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker had previously dismissed their complaint, saying the plaintiffs had not proved neither injury nor imminent threat of injury. • Trump threatens to cut NPR’s funding over Pompeo’s colliding with a reporter and failing at an attempted “gotcha” moment with an unlabeled world map. Read more