Judge, an Obama appointee, rules signatures don’t have to match on absentee ballots

Judge, an Obama appointee, rules signatures don’t have to match on absentee ballots

by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2020 Election officials can’t throw out absentee ballots whose signatures do not match those on file, a federal judge in South Carolina ruled on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel, an appointee of President Barack Obama, said that the signature authorization procedures being used by local authorities were “subjective.” […]

Judge, an Obama appointee, blocks Trump’s asylum policy

Judge, an Obama appointee, blocks Trump’s asylum policy

by WorldTribune Staff, April 9, 2019 A federal judge on April 8 blocked the Trump administration’s policy of sending asylum seekers to Mexico as they wait for an immigration court to hear their cases. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg granted a request on behalf of 11 asylum seekers from Central America and legal […]