UPDATE: Federal District Court Judge Andrew Gordon denied the Trump campaign's request that a court force Clark County to stop using a signature verification system to help process mail-in ballots.
The Trump campaign requested a change to the ballot processing that would have dramatically slowed counting the ballots in the state's most populous county.
Original Story: The Nevada Secretary of State has filed her response to the Trump Campaign's new federal lawsuit alleging voter fraud in the Las Vegas area.
Nevada's attorney general said officials in the state have not seen evidence of voter fraud while dismissing the Trump campaign's attempt to file a federal lawsuit to force officials to stop counting what the White House claims are "improper votes."
"This six-page complaint they filed late last night is, in a word: garbage," Attorney General Aaron Ford said on "CBS This Morning" Friday. "It just goes to show the last-ditch efforts these guys are going to go to to try and derail this election to their benefit."
The campaign's complaint filed after-hours Thursday resurrected an effort the campaign abandoned just hours earlier in Nevada state court.
It seeks a court order to stop the Clark County Registrar of Voters from using an optical scanning machine to process ballots and validate voter signatures.
Current results show former Vice President Joe Biden holding very slight leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia.
"When you take a look at the list that [the Trump campaign] presented… one of the first things that pops out is that there are a lot of military addresses on that list. What the cover letter says is that it appears these people may have improperly cast mail-in ballots," Ford said.
He called the list "pure speculation," and said neither the "Republican secretary of state" nor "17 county registrars" have reported any evidence of widespread fraud.
Asked about when the state may have a final count, Ford pointed to a November 12 deadline which all Nevada county registrars "have to meet."
(CBS News, The Associated Press contributed to the above report.)
Original Story: The Trump Campaign is filing a federal lawsuit alleging voter fraud, claiming that roughly 10,000 people who cast ballots no longer live in Nevada. Trump currently trails Biden by more 11,000 votes in the state.
The Trump campaign and the president have made claims of voter fraud before, though there is little evidence widespread fraud exists. When presented with opportunities by judges to produce proof that certain situations would lead to fraud, Republicans have not done so.
Nevada is one of the few remaining states that hangs in the balance. CBS News estimates the state is likely for Biden.
Wednesday, the Trump Campaign sued Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.
At the timing of this writing, Joe Biden has 253 electoral votes and President Trump has 213.
Related: Race to 270: Joe Biden Wins Georgia, Donald Trump Wins North Carolina
The Washoe and Clark County registrars both held press conferences Wednesday answering questions on why it's taking them so long to count, and release information to the Secretary of State's office.
Counties have to process mail-in ballots that did not arrive before Election Day.
Election results won't be official until November 16th. Since every active voter received an absentee ballot, the process takes longer this time, which was expected.
Nevada State Democratic Party Chair William McCurdy II released the following statement after Thursday's lawsuit:
"The writing is on the wall for the Trump campaign. As the voices of Nevadans are finally heard, Trump and the Nevada GOP have no other recourse than scare tactics and baseless suits. Today, in a shameful display, partisan hacks attacked the integrity of Nevada’s voting system without evidence, threatening to disenfranchise the voices of their fellow Nevadans in the process. This is not the first time Republicans have filed suit in an attempt to suppress voters, nor is it the second or the third. Republicans want to circumvent democracy because things aren’t going in their favor. But the will of the people will not be ignored. Trump’s presidency was disastrous for Nevada, and now he is facing the consequences of leaving Nevada families behind. While the Trump campaign attempts to silence hardworking families, NV Dems will stand alongside them until every vote is counted.”
(CBS News contributed to this report.)
