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SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA
MARICOPA COUNTY

CV 2020-014562	11/29/2020
HONORABLE MARGARET R. MAHONEY	CLERK OF THE COURT K. Ballard Deputy
LAURIE AGUILERA, et al.	ALEXANDER M KOLODIN
v.
ADRIAN FONTES, et al.	THOMAS PURCELL LIDDY
	DANIEL A ARELLANO SARAH R GONSKI COURT ADMIN-CIVIL-ARB DESK DOCKET-CIVIL-CCC JUDGE MAHONEY

 

CASE DISMISSED

"There's nothing perfect in this world, including voting systems."

So testified Plaintiffs' voting systems expert Dr. Sneeringer^[1] during the Hearing^[2] in response to the question "To your knowledge, does a perfect voting system exist?" Dr.

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1. W. James Sneeringer received his B.S. in Mathematics from Duke University, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He testified to having 20 years of experience examining voting systems for the state of Texas. (Hearing Exh. "32".) Over those years, Dr. Sneeringer conducted 60 to 70 examinations of 10 different voting systems, although he never examined either Maricopa County's actual voting system, or the Dominion Voting Systems, Democracy Suite 5.5-8, which Maricopa County uses in its elections. Dr. Sneeringer testified that in the course of conducting those 60 to 70 voting systems examinations, he had never come across a perfect voting system.
2. On 11/20/2020, from approximately 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, by agreement of the parties, this Court held a proceeding (the "Hearing") which combined (1) the evidentiary hearing on Plaintiffs' Complaint; and (2) oral argument on two Motions to Dismiss, one filed by the Maricopa County Defendants (collectively, "Defendants") and the other filed by Intervenor Arizona Democratic Party ("Intervenor" or "ADP").