A state judge in Nevada has denied an attempt by the state republican Party and the Trump campaign to stop the processing and counting of early votes in Clark County, CNN reports.
The lawsuit contends that the election commission has not granted the Trump campaign sufficient access to oversee the processing of ballots, from the time of the arrival to the envelope’s opening, to inspection, to tallying.
The state allows a specific number of observers from each major Party into processing sites. The Trump campaign and republicans are suing to have more observers than allotted because they believe there is widespread voter fraud. The plaintiffs wanted to install multiple cameras throughout each processing place.
The Trump campaign also sued to use a signature comparison software called “Agillis” on any ballots they thought were suspect.
Witnesses for the republicans stated that they were denied meaningful access to observe ballot processing. One Nevada observer, a man from New Jersey, said that he couldn’t see anything from his designated location.
Another observer, a nurse, said that she saw a ballot that didn’t have a signature match. The government’s attorney asked for her expertise in handwriting analysis. She had none.
The judge rejected their claims, saying that republicans were not denied any opportunities to observe the ballot counting process, as is their right under law, and that they had no standing to sue to alter the rules governing observers, saying that the election commission had fulfilled his legal duty in allowing observers into the locations.