An election integrity group is calling on the plaintiffs who recently lost a challenge against Virginia’s voter identification laws to reimburse hundreds of thousands in taxpayer-funded attorney fees that it cost to argue the lawsuit.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation, an Indiana-based election integrity group, filed a motion in August of last year to assist the state of Virginia against the voter ID lawsuit that was backed by funds from liberal billionaire George Soros.
Last week, a federal court dismissed the lawsuit, saying it found no reason to believe the voting laws in Virginia made it harder for eligible minority voters to cast a ballot.
The attorney fees, which were paid for by Virginians, eclipsed $600,000. The Public Interest Legal Foundation said that the provision used by the lawsuits has a fee shift in which a loser pays the attorney fees. Winning attorneys can also request that fees be shifted.
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It is only right for the Plaintiff to reimburse all expenses of the accused / expenses related to their case promptly if they lose their case. If they appeal that would be another case and could only be filed after they have fully reimbursed the expenses / cost of the first case. This would eliminate these PC frivolous lawsuits. The accused should also be compensated.
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