Hoffman

I. BACKGROUND

1 Hoffman alleges that her vote in the 2020 Election was never counted by the San Benito 2 County Election Office. See Compl. Hoffman’s allegation arises from two circumstances: (1) her 3 double voter registration, and (2) the use of different tenses in emails confirming the receipt of her 4 ballots. Id. 5 First, Hoffman alleges that her 2020 Election ballot was not counted because she was 6 erroneously registered in two counties: Santa Clara and San Benito. Id. at 2. Hoffman was a 7 registered voter in Santa Clara until she moved to San Benito in 2016. Id. Hoffman re-registered 8 in San Benito after her move, but she continued to receive two mail-in ballots from both counties, 9 one containing an incorrect spelling of her name. Id. 10 Second, Hoffman alleges that her ballot was not counted because the confirmation email 11 for her 2020 Election ballot used a future tense. Id. at 3. Plaintiff voted in-person during the 2020 12 Election, after which time she received an email from BallotTrax, a statewide system that allows 13 voters to track and receive email notifications on the status of their ballot. Id. at 2–3. The email 14 Hoffman received…