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Trump pledges lawsuit to block mail-in voting in Nevada
State lawmakers have approved a bill to automatically send mail-in ballots to voters.
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)President Donald Trump plans to sue to stop Nevada from issuing mailed ballots to all active voters, he announced at a White House briefing on Monday.
Trump had already threatened legal action earlier in the day, suggesting mailed ballots would make it impossible for Republicans to win there in the November general election. Nevada state lawmakers approved legislation on Sunday to automatically send mail-in ballots to voters. Gov. Stephen Sisolak of Nevada, a Democrat, is expected to sign the bill into law. Trump said he planned to have the lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The president has aggressively advocated for in-person voting in recent months even as state-level election officials move to expand mail-in voting amid the nationwide outbreak of coronavirus, which many fear could be easily spread at polling places. He stopped short of saying he would issue an executive order in response to the push for more mail-in voting, though he said: “I have the right to do it. We haven’t gotten there yet. We’ll see what happens.”
The president had already threatened legal action against Nevada in a tweet Monday morning in which he characterized the state’s Legislature as having partaken in a “coup” by passing the measure.
“In an illegal late night coup, Nevada’s clubhouse Governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the state,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Post Office could never handle the Traffic of Mail-In Votes without preparation. Using Covid to steal the state. See you in Court!”
The president argued in April that mail-in voting “doesn’t work out well for Republicans,” and has repeatedly claimed that the ballot-casting practice results in widespread incidents of voter fraud.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major Trump donor, has gutted large segments of the Postal Service in an effort to cut costs, The Washington Post reported, leading to fears it would not be able to deliver ballots in time for the November election. The House Oversight Committee on Monday requested DeJoy explain his reforms and the delays that have been plaguing the Postal Service.
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