Andrew W. Bell v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al.

Whether a court of appeals violates Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 40 and 41 when it issues a mandate after granting a motion to correct a petition for rehearing en banc, without notice, briefing, or an order shortening the mandate period.

Whether the Constitution requires recognition of a fraud-on-the-court exception to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine where a state-court judgment is alleged to have been procured through altered documents, misrepresentations, or other misconduct preventing meaningful judicial review.

Whether Georgia’s statutory requirement that a candidate challenge the denial of a nomination petition within five days—combined with delayed notice and the inability to obtain timely judicial review—violates the. Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Whether Georgia’s ballot-access scheme, including the five-percent signature requirement for non-statewide independent candidates and the compressed judicial-review timeline, imposes unconstitutional burdens on the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of candidates and voters.

Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in refusing to review evidence of document alteration, signature-verification irregularities, and inconsistent application of state election procedures, where such irregularities prevented Petitioner from obtaining meaningful review in state court.