As voters cast their ballots nationwide, news broke that the Trump campaign on Monday filed a 100-page lawsuit claiming Clark County, Nevada permitted illegal early voting.
In the suit, the campaign requested ballots and records tied to four polling stations be impounded and segregated.
Nevada judge Gloria Sturman denied the request in a hearing on Tuesday, where she expressed puzzlement about the intentions and details of the lawsuit. “Aren’t we missing about seven steps in this process?” Sturman asked an attorney for the Trump campaign in Nevada.
The lawsuit asked Joe Gloria, the Clark County Registrar of Voters, to preserve the early voting records in Clark County. The state is already required to preserve these records by law. “I can’t obligate him to do something he’s already obligated to do,” Sturman said.
Sturman also expressed concern about the Trump campaign’s interest in having the names of people who worked at the four polling stations. She said the information, if provided, would be entered in the public record and could lead to harassment. “It’s disturbing to me to think those individuals might be harassed,” she said.
Sturman continued: “Do you watch Twitter? Have you watched any cable news show?”
The Trump campaign insisted the information is necessary to prove no illegal voting took place.
“I’m not going to issue any order,” Sturman said. “I’m just not going to do it”.
The campaign can appeal Sturman’s decision to Nevada’s state supreme court.