Raji Rab v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State, et al.

Courts should construe laws in harmony with the legislative intent and seek to carry our legislative purpose. [Foster u. United States, 303 U.S. 118, 120 (1938)] Election Code § 15101(b) is perfectly worded by the legislature to protect against any manipulation. Election Code § 15101(b) has a prohibition term stating, “under no circumstances may a vote count be accessed or released before 8 pm on the day of the election”. The statute defines processing, and it does not state processing to include scanning. Processing and machine reading are two different functions. Respondents define machine reading to include scanning. Scan counting function was not available when this safe statute was constructed. The legislature crafted the law and design safe construction of the words “under no circumstances” which is even more protective today and serves in best public interest. The lower court’s opinion thus raises an imperative question of law that has not been,