Trump campaign seeks to halt early vote counting while lawsuit against New Jersey is decided
Source: Politico
President Donald Trumps campaign wants a federal judge to act soon to prevent New Jersey from counting mail-in ballots starting 10 days before the Nov. 3 election.
In a court filing Wednesday, the campaign also asked U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shipp to bar elections officials from accepting mail-in ballots that do not have a postmark for two days after Election Day.
The campaign and its co-plaintiffs, the Republican National Committee and the New Jersey Republican State Committee, filed an an order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue its first move to hasten the lawsuit they filed Aug. 18.
But the motion, signed by state Sen. Michael Testa (R-Cumberland), does not seek to immediately pause the larger plans for a mail-in election, despite the Trump campaigns claims it violates the U.S. Constitution and three federal laws.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2020/09/16/trump-campaign-seeks-halt-early-vote-counting-while-lawsuit-against-new-jersey-is-decided-1317146
So, he doesn't want the vote count to drag out after Election Day and he doesn't want mailed in ballots counted early.
mzmolly
(51,020 posts)He hopes to appear ahead on election night and declare a win.
bearsfootball516
(6,378 posts)That way, when Biden takes the lead, he can claim it was rigged.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)I would be a bit more worried if this judge was a Trump appointee but he's not. He was appointed by Obama in 2012.
mzmolly
(51,020 posts)I'm sure he'll try to challenge legit votes and the democratic process, wherever he can.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,729 posts)Which count their absentee ballots as they are received, so that tallies can be released once the polls close.
We should know who won Florida election night, and if Biden wins, its over for Trump.
padah513
(2,520 posts)My town is the Atlantic County seat here in NJ so as soon as I get my ballot I'm filling it out and dropping it off in the dropbox at the election board and everybody I know is doing the same. Sometimes you have to beat the devil at his own game.
Thekaspervote
(32,844 posts)sakabatou
(42,233 posts)DallasNE
(7,404 posts)And that is the reason for wanting to start a couple of days ahead of time. They have to match the signature on the registration card on file with the signature on the envelope returning the ballot.
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