Nevada Court Rejects Trump Campaign’s Attempt To Throw Out Some Mail-in Ballots
The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) have lost yet another attempt to weaken mail-in voting ahead of the November election. This time, a state court judge has denied the campaign’s request to temporarily block Nevada from counting timely cast ballots received after Election Day that do not have a postmark.
In Nevada, county officials count ballots without a postmark received up to three days after Election Day and ballots that are postmarked up to four days after Election Day. The Trump campaign challenged the state’s non postmarked ballots policy arguing that it unfairly dilutes legally cast votes and disproportionately harms Republicans who vote by mail significantly less than Democrats.
The court declined to grant Republicans’ request to block the counting of non postmarked ballots received after Election Day. The lawsuit will continue but it is unlikely there will be any changes ahead of the 2024 general election. A written order was issued shortly after the Friday decision in which the judge held that “finally, and independently, Plaintiffs’ allegations and evidence of irreparable harm are inadequate in any event.”
This ruling marks the third big loss for the RNC in the Silver State as it comes just weeks after the RNC lost a federal lawsuit attempting to challenge the state’s mail-in ballot receipt deadline. In June, national Republicans also lost their attempt to remove voters from Nevada’s voter rolls. Currently, according to Democracy Docket’s database, the Trump campaign and RNC are responsible for nine active anti-voting lawsuits across the country.
Learn more about the case here.
This story was updated Aug. 6 to reflect what was in the written order issued Aug. 6.