Judge rejects conservative group's attempt to block planned all-mail primary

A federal judge has ruled against a conservative group’s lawsuit that sought to block the state’s planned all-mail primary election in June.

Judge Mirandu Du issued the order on Thursday evening rejecting the request by True the Vote, a Texas-based voting monitoring group, to block the planned all-mail election over concerns of voter fraud, saying the motion lacked standing and that Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s office was well within its rights to move to an all-mail election in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The Court finds that Defendants’ interests in protecting the health and safety of Nevada’s voters and to safeguard the voting franchise in light of the COVID-19 pandemic far outweigh any burden on Plaintiffs’ right to vote, particularly when that burden is premised on a speculative claim of voter fraud resulting in dilution of votes,” Du wrote in the order.

True the Vote filed the lawsuit on April 21 on behalf of several Nevada voters challenging the state’s plans to switch to an all-mail election, citing concerns that mail-only voting violated state law and would lead to an increase in voter fraud.

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