BAKERSFIELD. Calif. (KGET)-- A lawsuit against California's secretary of state and several counties, including Kern, that alleges thousands of votes were counted twice in the 2022 election. The suit was filed by a law firm representing the Election Integrity Project California.490 votes is difference of votes and voters the suit alleges for Kern County alone in California's 2022 election. Save a dog from being euthanized, adoption fees waived at Bakersfield Animal Care Center The suit has some familiar names, on the petitioners side Tom Pavich and Charles Shinn, both prominent election integrity advocates in Kern County. Aimee Espinoza, Kern's registrar of voters is also listed by name. The suit says EIPC compared a list of voters in the November, 2022 statewide general election with the certified election results.The EIPC says there was a statewide difference of more than 40,000 votes. Those votes were counted twice.Robert Tyler, the lawyer representing EIPC said the suit calls for "Special Masters" to oversee any discrepencies in voting in next week's election, "A special master could be a judge, possibly our judge in the county of Sacramento could appoint another judge to oversee the process of certification." Never miss a story: Make KGET.com your homepage Tyler said they tried to get a court date on election day, but the court denied, now they're trying to get one before the general election votes are certified, "We are going to be submitting an application today or tomorrow asking for the court to shorten the timeframe to get a hearing before a judge and before the votes are certified." No comment from Kern's election officials yet, only that it they haven't looked at the suit and needed to have county counsel take a look before they can do an interview.