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A Carson City District Court judge ruled on Friday against an attempt by President Donald Trump’s campaign to overturn Nevada’s presidential election results, saying there was insufficient evidence to support fraud charges.
Justice James Russell issued his order after hearing hours of argument from lawyers representing the campaigns of Trump and President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday.
Trump’s campaign echoed the president’s own calls for voter fraud and alleged Clark County election workers failed to respond to 40,000 cases of double voting and thousands more illegal votes from deceased or voters who do not live in Nevada.
Democrats argued that the challenge failed to identify a single voter who allegedly committed fraud, nor to provide any other evidence to justify overturning the will of the majority of Nevada’s 1.4 million voters.
The electoral “contest,” or challenge, was filed last month by Trump’s proposed presidential voters against Biden’s six voters, who have since been confirmed as Nevada representatives to the Electoral College. The college meets on December 14 to officially vote for the next president.
Nevada certified its election results last week, naming Biden the state winner by 33,596 votes.
The election race is subject to appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court. States have until Tuesday to settle any election-related lawsuits.
Trump’s campaign is attempting similar legal action in other battlefield states across the country, but no judge has yet overturned a state’s presidential race in his favor.
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