I'll be following a hearing in Nevada challenging the vote in Clark County & seeking a new election there.
The Trump campaign isn't involved. Case was brought by a failed GOP candidate for congress Jim Marchant.
But if successful it could help Trump by delaying certification.
The Trump campaign isn't involved. Case was brought by a failed GOP candidate for congress Jim Marchant.
But if successful it could help Trump by delaying certification.
Lawyer for Marchant is objecting--in a highly unusual way--to a pro hac vice motion by lawyers for DNC saying this is a local case.
"This is not a matter of national interest," he says.
"This is not a matter of national interest," he says.
Marchant is also objecting overall to the DNC intervening in the case at all.
Judge grants the pro hac vice motion--allowing lawyers from other jurisdictions to practice--now they're moving onto whether the DNC can intervene in the case.
Judge asks, "What interest would a national political party have in our little matter here?"
Kevin Hamilton, a lawyer for DNC, says it could disrupt the certification of all votes in all races in the county, a crucial one for Dem voters.
Kevin Hamilton, a lawyer for DNC, says it could disrupt the certification of all votes in all races in the county, a crucial one for Dem voters.
Judge trying to clarify if Marchant is seeking to re-vote only his own race or all races in Clark County.
Hamilton says it doesn't make a difference if they only want to revote the congressional race.
"This election is over. Mr. Marchant lost," he says.
Hamilton says it doesn't make a difference if they only want to revote the congressional race.
"This election is over. Mr. Marchant lost," he says.
The judge grants DNC's motion to intervene in the case.
Craig Mueller, Marchant's lawyer, is arguing that 93K mail in ballots were sent out to addresses that didn't have voters in them. Elections officials also failed to verify ballot signatures by hand using an AI system instead, Mueller says.
Mueller says this was not an election of national significance.
It was an example of local incompetence.
It was an example of local incompetence.
Mary Anne Miller, a lawyer for the county, says that just b/c someone's mailing address is different than their actual address--like college students or military personnel--they're still allowed to vote.
Kevin Hamilton, DNC lawyer, is now saying the suit has been brought under the wrong law.
Mueller filed his complaint under a law describing the loss or destruction of ballots. But his actual allegations are about election claims that votes were cast and counted improperly, Hamilton says.
Hamilton says Mueller has provided the court with a thick stack of...news articles as evidence of voting improprieties.
On top of that, Hamilton says, this election wasn't close and there's no way sufficient votes to change it can be found.
Hamilton also knocks down Mueller's claim about the AI system being wrongly used to verify signatures. Under the law, Hamilton says, it's allowable to check signatures by "electronic means."
(In fact, there was a 10-hour evidentiary hearing on this in a different case, he says.)
(In fact, there was a 10-hour evidentiary hearing on this in a different case, he says.)
Hamilton says there's not enough here about anything--the AI system, the mail in ballots allegedly going to the wrong addresses--to merit an evidentiary hearing as Craig Mueller wants.
Hamilton asks Judge Gloria Sturman to dismiss the case in fact.
"The court has no jurisdiction and the showing has been woefully inadequate," he says.
"The court has no jurisdiction and the showing has been woefully inadequate," he says.
(Attaching this to the thread! Sent it as a single in error)
Judge Sturman has a problem with the case:
The congressional district in question spans multiple counties and Mueller, plaintiff's lawyer, is asking only for Clark County to revote.
How is that going to work?
Judge Sturman has a problem with the case:
The congressional district in question spans multiple counties and Mueller, plaintiff's lawyer, is asking only for Clark County to revote.
How is that going to work?
The judge is now agreeing with the defendants that the lawsuit was filed under the wrong law.
She also says there's no way enough votes are at stake here, even if the accusations are true, to change the results of Clark County's election.
"It's math," she says.
She also says there's no way enough votes are at stake here, even if the accusations are true, to change the results of Clark County's election.
"It's math," she says.
Mueller now wants to set things aside until Monday to look at "the backup logs" for the election.
Mary Anne Miller, a lawyer for the county, says: "I don't know what he's talking about."
What computer back up logs go to Mueller's point?
She's baffled.
What computer back up logs go to Mueller's point?
She's baffled.
Kevin Hamilton, DNC lawyer, steps in to say that's basically a records request and this judge has no jurisdiction.
DECISION: Nevada judge denies petition by a GOP congressional candidate to toss out and re-do the election in Clark County.
The Trump campaign wasn't involved in this case but it could have helped him, if successful, b/c Clark is a heavily Democratic county.
The Trump campaign wasn't involved in this case but it could have helped him, if successful, b/c Clark is a heavily Democratic county.
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