39 tabulation of ballots within a State. Bush II, 531 U.S. at 107. 163. The actions set out in Paragraphs __-__, __-__, __-__, __-__, __-__, and __-__ created differential voting standards in Defendant States Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. COUNT III: EQUAL PROTECTION (ONE MAN, ONE VOTE) 164. Plaintiff State repeats and re-alleges the allegations of paragraphs 1-163, above, as if fully set forth herein. 165. The one-man, one-vote principle of this Court’s Equal Protection cases requires counting valid votes and not counting invalid votes. Reynolds, 377 U.S. at 554-55; Bush II, 531 U.S. at 103 (“the votes eligible for inclusion in the certification are the votes meeting the properly established legal requirements”). 166. The actions set out in Paragraphs __-__, __-__, __-__, __-__, __-__, and __-__ violated the one- man, one-vote principle by systemically excluding valid votes and those set out in Paragraphs __-__, __- __, __-__, __-__, __-__, and __-__ violate that principle by systemically including invalid votes in Defendant States Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. COUNT IV: DUE PROCESS (INTENTIONAL NONCOMPLIANCE) 167. Plaintiff State repeats and re-alleges the allegations of paragraphs 1-__, above, as if fully set forth herein.
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