Jane Doe v. Montgomery County Board of Elections

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Jane Doe v. Montgomery County Board of Elections is a post-certification signature challenge lawsuit filed in Montgomery County, Maryland in 2008.

In the case, a court disqualified the Montgomery County Gender Identity Referendum (2008) on the basis of allegations about how signatures were collected.

The legal reasoning used in Jane Doe was later used by another county to invalidate signatures that had been collected in the hopes of qualifying the Turf Valley Grocery Store Veto Referendum, 2009.

See also

• "Reasonable certainty" standard proposed for Maryland signatures
• Easier signature bill dies in Maryland

External links

• Doe v. Montgomery County Board of Elections

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