last week there was a hearing in MT where the Trump campaign tried to block the gov's decision to hold the election via vote by mail (as MT did during primaries) if successful it would've been a template for other states. a judge rejected the attempt today bozemandailychronicle.com/ap_news/montan…
I listened to the hearing last week and was struck just how thin the Trump camp's case was. The judged asked if they could cite an example of voter fraud in any MT election in the last 20 years. Lawyer responded: "no but it's irrelevant."
they dismissed the well-run vote by mail primary, suggesting that it took place "at the beginning of the pandemic before we knew anything." the Montana primary was June 2nd!!
the argument boiled down to the notion that adminstrator's would be overwhelmed by mail voting and that it would confuse residents and that it could, potentially open the door to fraud (they never really said how) all of this in a state where a high % already vote in MT via mail
anyhow, montana is it's own animal but it was pretty telling to me just how little the trump campaign lawyers had in the way of persuasive argument to the court. felt very last ditch!
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