GOP thwarted as judge rejects Michigan lawsuit that sought to 'undermine the integrity of our elections'

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57% :The court also noted that the complained-of-conduct occurred 18 months ago, rendering it "stale conduct" that they will not weigh in on, while requests to ban the receipt of funds in the future is based on hypotheticals, which would require the court to "engage in pure speculation concerning the manner in which such funds might be offered and whether such a hypothetical offering might somehow be impermissible.""The court will not engage in a hypothetical discussion that sometime in the future local election officials will accept private funding in some yet-to-be-determined way," the opinion says.

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