Page:Wood v. Raffensperger (1 20-cv-04651-SDG) (2020) Opinion and Order.pdf/4

without the taint of the procedures described in the Litigation Settlement.^[1]

For Count III, Wood requests an order, declaration, and/or injunction requiring Defendants to perform a myriad of activities, including ordering a second recount prior to the certification of the election results and permitting monitors designated by the Republican Party to have special access to observe all election activity.^[2]

On November 17, 2020, Wood filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order.^[3] Two sets of parties subsequently sought permission to intervene as defendants (collectively, the Intervenors): (1) the Democratic Party of Georgia, Inc. (DPG), DSCC, and DCCC; and (2) the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP (Georgia NAACP) and Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (GCPA).^[4] On November 19, Defendants and Intervenors filed separate responses in opposition to Wood’s motion for a temporary restraining order.^[5] The Court held oral argument on Wood’s motion the same day. At the conclusion of the oral

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1. E.g., ECF 5, ¶¶ 81–83, 93–95. The Litigation Settlement—also referred to as the Settlement Agreement—is discussed infra in Section I.b.
2. ECF 5, ¶ 106.
3. ECF 6.
4. ECF 8; ECF 22.
5. ECF 31; ECF 34; ECF 39.