A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from President Trump’s re-election campaign challenging Nevada’s new vote-by-mail law, saying the campaign failed to show how it could be harmed by the law.
Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits in several states over voting rules and had asked the judge to block a new Nevada law that calls for mail-in ballots to automatically be sent to all active voters, a change prompted by the coronavirus.
The campaign has argued the law is unconstitutional.
U.S. Judge James C. Mahan says the Trump campaign made allegations that were policy disagreements but did not show any constitutional harms.
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Nevada State Democratic Party Chair William McCurdy II released the following statement in response to the dismissal of Trump and Republicans’ partisan lawsuit to limit voting in Nevada:
“Today is a win for democracy. Donald Trump and Republicans have been hell bent on limiting voting options for one clear reason: Republicans will lose if more Nevadans vote in this election. Democrats prioritized Nevadans’ voting rights by passing Assembly Bill 4, legislation that ensures voters have options to make their voice heard even in the midst of a global pandemic.
“Unfortunately, we know this won’t be the end of Republicans’ voter suppression efforts. That’s why we’ve launched a robust voter education program including both a bilingual website and hotline to assist voters by providing the information they need to register to vote and to participate safely in this election. Nevada Democrats will always work to expand access to the ballot box and Republican tactics and frivolous lawsuits won’t stand in our way.”
Previously, President Trump asserted on Twitter that Governor Sisolak and the state legislature were trying to steal the November election with passing of mail-in vote proposal amid the ongoing pandemic.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Less than eight weeks before the Nov. 3 elections, President Trump’s campaign is urging a federal judge in Las Vegas to block a new state law and prevent mail-in ballots from going to all active Nevada voters amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Documents filed in U.S. District Court say Republicans might be confused and discouraged from voting, and confidence in the election could be undermined. Nevada has asked the court to throw out the lawsuit.
The state argues that vote-by-mail does not lead to election fraud and the virus could make voting in person dangerous.
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