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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on November 07, 2016, 05:09:41 pm

Title: Democrats falling short on pre-emptive poll-watching lawsuits
Post by: Free Vulcan on November 07, 2016, 05:09:41 pm
Washington (CNN)Republican lawyers have successfully fended off several pre-emptive lawsuits filed by Democrats across the country accusing Donald Trump's campaign of "conspiring to threaten and intimidate minority voters in urban neighborhoods from voting in the 2016 election."
Democrats are seeking temporary restraining orders against the Trump campaign and Republicans, as they raise the alarm of possible voter intimidation due to comments from the GOP nominee and others.

But while judges have at times been sympathetic, Democrats have now failed in each case where a hearing has been held: Ohio, Nevada and Arizona. Late Sunday, they filed a request to the US Supreme Court in the Ohio case. It's an uphill climb for the Democrats who face the possibility of a 4-4 court that could deadlock and simply affirm the lower court order that went in Trump's favor...

Read more at: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/06/politics/democrats-republican-poll-watching-lawsuits/index.html
Title: Re: Democrats falling short on pre-emptive poll-watching lawsuits
Post by: beandog on November 07, 2016, 05:39:40 pm
Good.  Nothing but a bunch of cheaters.