NEW: Both candidates in #NY22 trade shots through new legal filings submitted today. Using a variety of reasons, both campaigns claim what the other is trying to do is against the law.
A full breakdown below @WBNG12News 1/
A full breakdown below @WBNG12News 1/
The filings today are counter arguments to the memos and proposed orders to show cause yesterday.
The Tenney campaign has argued the counties should certify the results of the election, while the Brindisi campaign has argued every attempt to fix BOE errors should be made 2/
The Tenney campaign has argued the counties should certify the results of the election, while the Brindisi campaign has argued every attempt to fix BOE errors should be made 2/
The Brindisi legal team filed first today, and tried to offer a stinging rebuke of Tenney's attempts to have the result certified. Certainly started out swinging 3/ 
Brindisi's main arguments stem from a belief that just because the county BOEs made errors (hence #StickyGate), it does not mean the court cannot still rule over those ballots.
Brindisi says his campaign made objections, and it's not their fault if the BOEs messed up 4/
Brindisi says his campaign made objections, and it's not their fault if the BOEs messed up 4/
The Tenney legal team cited a wide variety of reasons, some new, some old, as to why the Republican challenger should be certified as the winner.
An interesting Table of Contents below 5/
An interesting Table of Contents below 5/
Tenney's first main argument is Brindisi's legal team did not sufficiently record its objections to certain ballots, and failed to ensure the counties sufficiently recorded them as well.
Because she says Brindisi failed to adequately object, the court has no jurisdiction 6/
Because she says Brindisi failed to adequately object, the court has no jurisdiction 6/
Her next main point is that while Brindisi claims to not be asking for a recanvass (recount), some of the actions he is asking the court to take would constitute a recanvass under state law 7/
While the Tenney team avoided explicitly mentioning the Chenango ballots yesterday, today it made its stance even clearer with a flat-out rejection to canvassing those ballots 8/
Her final three arguments center around placing an undue burden on the counties, an argument it would treat voters differently, and that the manual audit would be too much of a risk during a public health crisis 9/
The next filing deadline for counter arguments to these counter arguments is tomorrow, Friday at noon.
The stage is almost set for a legal showdown Monday in #NY22 10/10
The stage is almost set for a legal showdown Monday in #NY22 10/10
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