{"id":2299610,"date":"2024-07-18T16:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T20:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-lets-nv-keep-counting-ballots-that-arrive-after-election-day\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T16:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T20:13:48","slug":"nevada-allowed-to-continue-counting-late-arriving-ballots-judge-rules-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-allowed-to-continue-counting-late-arriving-ballots-judge-rules-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada allowed to continue counting late-arriving ballots, judge rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnevada-allowed-to-continue-counting-late-arriving-ballots-judge-rules-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2299610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#8220;>part of a trend<\/a> \u2062in\u200c states \u2063across the country to expand mail-in \u2064voting options. <\/p>\n<p>The\u200b RNC and \u2064Trump\u2063 campaign &ldquo;failed to allege standing to sue&rdquo; since they \u200cdid \u2063not provide \u200bevidence \u2064that \u2062the expanded deadline resulted \u2063in actual harm \u200dto their ability to observe vote\u200b counting, Du said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Organizational Plaintiffs&rsquo; Allegations that they were hindered in the observation \u2064process\u200d because they could not count mail \u2064ballots postmarked \u2063by Election Day that were received four days later \u200care speculation that they suffered an injury\u2064 resulting from counting late-arriving mail ballots\u200c in\u200c elections,&rdquo; Du ruled. \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>She noted that\u200d the 2020 election was the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/24\/nevada-dems-push-abolishing-almost-every-safeguard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first election<\/a> in Nevada to implement the mail-in ballot extension. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is not \u2063reasonable \u2064to speculate at this juncture whether or how \u200dany future \u200belections\u200b may differ\u200d from this past election, including whether the extension of time \u2062for counting mail\u200c ballots will\u200d continue, completely depriving Organizational Plaintiffs of\u2062 the essential ingredient of standing, imminent injury,&rdquo; 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return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge dismissed a challenge from the Republican National Committee (RNC) and former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s campaign that argued accepting mail-in ballots up to four days after Election Day is unconstitutional. <\/p>\n<p>Chief U.S. District Judge Miranda Du dismissed the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/06\/nevada-law-allowing-late-ballots-to-be-counted-is-unconstitutional-lawsuit-alleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suit<\/a> on standing after Nevada officials argued the RNC and Trump campaign did not prove the extended deadline created a disadvantage. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1e5c2de01fb11c85a39f24edafcb8f3b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1e5c2de01fb11c85a39f24edafcb8f3b\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;The causal link between counting mail ballots received after Election Day in Nevada and Organizational Plaintiffs&rsquo; alleged electoral injuries is too speculative to support standing,&rdquo; Du <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rnc-vs-burgess-order.pdf\">ruled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-courts-c9674bbf1090515bfad0920344f17037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">won<\/a> Nevada in 2020 by 33,596 votes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-allowed-to-continue-counting-ballots-received-after-election-day-judge-rules-2\/\" title=\"Nevada allowed to continue counting ballots received after Election Day, judge rules\">state legislature officially extended<\/a> the deadline for which counties could accept mail-in ballots post-marked by Election Day to four days after Election Day. The statute is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/elections-and-campaigns\/the-evolution-of-absentee-mail-voting-laws-2020-through-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">similar<\/a> to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-law-allowing-late-ballots-to-be-counted-is-unconstitutional-lawsuit-alleges\/\" title=\"Lawsuit claims Nevada&#039;s late ballot counting law is unconstitutional\">temporary pandemic-related measure<\/a> that extended the mail-in ballot deadline to seven days post-election in 2020. It also permits ballots &ldquo;whose date of postmark cannot be determined&rdquo; to be accepted so long as they arrive before 5:00 p.m. on the third day after Election Day, according to the ruling. <\/p>\n<p><strong>[READNEXT:[READNEXT:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/03\/trump-lawyers-claim-widespread-election-fraud-in-nevada-and-theyre-about-to-have-their-day-in-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump Lawyers Claim Widespread Election Fraud In Nevada, And They&rsquo;re About To Have Their Day In Court<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The RNC and Trump campaign argued the extension &ldquo;violates federal law&rdquo; that establishes a uniform Election Day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-45fe487debc89f73948807d695566d88 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-45fe487debc89f73948807d695566d88\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;The result of Nevada&rsquo;s violation of federal law is that timely, valid ballots are diluted by untimely, invalid ballots, which violates the rights of candidates, campaigns, and voters under federal law,&rdquo; the suit filed in May <a href=\"https:\/\/prod-static.gop.com\/media\/documents\/NV_Election_Day_Complaint_filed_05.03.20243_1714757420.pdf?_gl=1*rwk76x*_gcl_au*MTQ2MTg4NjgwNy4xNzE0NTA5Njk1&amp;_ga=2.243593413.1772150727.1715002494-1335934802.1714509696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleged<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dilution of honest votes, to any degree, by the casting of fraudulent or illegitimate votes violates the right to vote,&rdquo; it continues.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans pointed to the inclination Democrats have toward using mail-in ballots in the state, noting in their suit that during the 2020 general election, 60.3 percent of Democratic Nevada voters voted by mail compared to just 36.9 percent of Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>Du, an Obama appointee, has a history of siding with leftist election priorities. During 2020, she permitted Fair Maps Nevada to <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Miranda_Du\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue collecting<\/a> voter signatures to get a question on the ballot regarding the creation of a Nevada redistricting commission, despite the deadline having passed. Du argued the state stay-at-home order prevented Fair Maps Nevada from being able to collect the necessary signatures. Although the measure did not ultimately make it on the ballot, if passed it &ldquo;would have transferred the power to draw the state&rsquo;s congressional and legislative districts from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Nevada_State_Legislature\">state legislature<\/a>&nbsp;to a seven-member&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Independent_redistricting_commissions\">independent redistricting commission<\/a>,&rdquo; according to Ballotpedia. Du also rejected a challenge from True the Vote in 2020 which sought to prevent the state from having an all-mail primary election. Du argued the motion lacked standing and ruled that &ldquo;protecting the health and safety of Nevada&rsquo;s voters &hellip; in light of the COVID-19 pandemic&rdquo; by using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-allowed-to-continue-counting-ballots-received-after-election-day-judge-rules\/\" title=\"Nevada allowed to continue counting ballots received after Election Day, judge rules\">widespread mail balloting outweighed concerns<\/a> about potential dilution of votes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/judge-rejects-conservative-groups-attempt-to-block-planned-all-mail-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Nevada Independent<\/a>. The group put forward an <a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/judge-again-blocks-conservative-groups-effort-to-block-mail-only-primary-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amended request<\/a> but was again denied by Du. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1e137428cecfcf6a6e97106a44f3d4f3 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1e137428cecfcf6a6e97106a44f3d4f3\"><\/div>\n<p>Du also rejected a church&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-8cc34003eea60a6c3ed99ec87d77200c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">motion<\/a> for an emergency court order in May 2020 when they argued that the state&rsquo;s 50-person limit on religious gatherings violated their First Amendment right.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-60fb03ada5032701ceebc36b5b5b7b37 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-60fb03ada5032701ceebc36b5b5b7b37\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Brianna Lyman<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briannalyman2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\" rel=\"noopener\">@briannalyman2<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/briannalyman\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2020-presidential-election\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2020 presidential election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2024-presidential-election\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2024 presidential election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/absentee-ballot\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">absentee ballot<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/absentee-ballot-envelopes\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">absentee ballot envelopes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/elections\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/first-amendment\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">First Amendment<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Joe Biden<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/mail-in-ballot\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">mail-in ballot<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/mail-in-voting\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">mail-in voting<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Nevada<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/republican-national-committee\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Republican National Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/rnc\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">RNC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from the Republican National Committee (RNC) and former President Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign that claimed allowing mail-in ballots to be accepted up to four days after Election Day is unconstitutional. Chief U.S. District Judge Miranda Du ruled that the RNC and Trump campaign did not prove that the extended deadline created a disadvantage, and therefore lacked standing to challenge the law. The lawsuit was filed after President Joe Biden won Nevada in 2020 by a significant margin, prompting the state legislature to extend the deadline for accepting mail-in ballots. The RNC and Trump campaign argued that this extension violated federal law, but Du dismissed their claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2299611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/14829998574_ea95a33cb9_k-e1721316120911.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9807,18207,35498,5592,4351],"class_list":["post-2299610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ballots","tag-counting","tag-late-arriving","tag-nevada","tag-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/14829998574_ea95a33cb9_k-e1721316120911.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}