Can a board member of a public agency be held personally liable for a decision to "not count the ballots and not count the votes"?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lopez v. Shiroma, 1:14-CV-00236-LJO-GSA (E.D. Cal. 2014):
the ballots and not count the votes."). They are potentially personally liable for participating in a decision-making process that allegedly deprived Plaintiff of her constitutional rights. Stivers v. Pierce, 71 F.3d 732, 749 (9th Cir. 1995) (board members of public agency potentially liable for due process violations by "participating in an unfair decision-making process.").
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