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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 04:16 PM Nov 2016

Incredulous Nevada judge slaps down Trump’s ‘voter fraud’ suit: ‘What are you asking for?’

Source: RawStory

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign sued the state of Nevada on Tuesday and alleged that hundreds of voters in Clark County were illegally allowed to vote after early voting hours had ended.
Judge Gloria Sturman, who heard the campaign’s case on Tuesday afternoon, sounded highly skeptical of the lawsuit — and often seemed incredulous at the Trump camp’s claims and requests.

In particular, she couldn’t seem to believe that the Trump campaign was asking her to order Clark County officials to preserve early voting records from the date of November 4th 2016. Sturman answered this request by noting that officials are already obligated to preserve these records. “What are you asking for?” she asked a Trump attorney at one point. “I can’t obligate him to do something he’s already obligated to do — he’s already obligated to do it!”

Sturman also blasted the Trump attorney’s request to make a list of poll workers available to be interviewed by the campaign’s attorneys to talk about when they cut off voting on Friday evening.

“I am not going to expose people doing their civic duty to help their fellow citizens vote to public attention, ridicule and harassment,” she shot back at him.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/incredulous-nevada-judge-slaps-down-trumps-voter-fraud-suit-what-are-you-asking-for/

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Incredulous Nevada judge slaps down Trump’s ‘voter fraud’ suit: ‘What are you asking for?’ (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2016 OP
HAHAHA Skittles Nov 2016 #1
Shows you how woefully UNPREPARED they were when they presented Grammy23 Nov 2016 #12
Meddling with voter franchise bucolic_frolic Nov 2016 #2
Good for her! n/t Upthevibe Nov 2016 #3
The one attorney looked like he was hitting the Roxbury with Chris Kattan and Will Farrell. nt geek tragedy Nov 2016 #5
This seems familiar Mendocino Nov 2016 #6
This is probably his master plan once he loses.... C Moon Nov 2016 #7
Basically a hearty "fuck you and the horse you rode in on!" George II Nov 2016 #8
It's from the infamous "sez who" guy? Amonester Nov 2016 #9
K&R red dog 1 Nov 2016 #10
Ha! Ha!! hamsterjill Nov 2016 #13
They sued to have votes not count. What a great position to take. You may be a citizen but tough. Shrike47 Nov 2016 #14
So Valid Voters Casting their valid secret vote is bad because the poling place accomodated them? mackdaddy Nov 2016 #17

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
1. HAHAHA
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 04:24 PM
Nov 2016

“I can’t obligate him to do something he’s already obligated to do — he’s already obligated to do it!”

you cannot make this stuff up!

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
12. Shows you how woefully UNPREPARED they were when they presented
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 05:19 PM
Nov 2016

Their case! Not knowing it was already a requirement shows some shoddy prep work. Sounds like business as usual with the tRump campaign.

bucolic_frolic

(43,190 posts)
2. Meddling with voter franchise
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 04:27 PM
Nov 2016

is not going to go very well. Attempts to discern who voted, who they voted for,
who allowed them to vote, matching the order of vote count with individual voters -
voters have a secret ballot. They don't have to tell anyone who they voted for, or
against, or why. All they have to do is vote.

C Moon

(12,213 posts)
7. This is probably his master plan once he loses....
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 04:45 PM
Nov 2016

to try to keep Hillary from taking the house by holding things up with thousands of law suits.
Good on that judge—hopefully that sets a precedence.

mackdaddy

(1,527 posts)
17. So Valid Voters Casting their valid secret vote is bad because the poling place accomodated them?
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 05:35 PM
Nov 2016

And somehow this is bad, or "voter fraud"?

I am gobsmacked that this is even an argument... much less a lawsuit.

We really do not even know if they shut off the line and just accommodated people already in line which it exactly what they should do. Maybe they let some late comers also join the line after "official" hours, but this was early voting, but that was not established as far as I could tell. It is not like they were extending the hours artificially tonight.

THIS is their voter fraud?!!!

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