For second time, judge dismisses GOP lawsuit challenging Nevada voter rolls [View all]

For the second time this year, a federal judge has dismissed a Republican-led lawsuit that accused Nevada officials of improperly maintaining the state’s voter rolls, adding to the litany of GOP defeats in court this cycle.

In a ruling issued Friday afternoon, Judge Cristina Silva determined that the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Nevada Republican Party had again failed to establish standing while arguing that high voter registration rates in five Nevada counties had harmed their overall mission and campaign activities. She will, however, allow the GOP to file an amended lawsuit, as she did in her June dismissal of the first iteration of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit is the latest legal defeat for the RNC and Nevada GOP, which have filed a slew of lawsuits in Nevada this year related to voter rolls and mail ballot procedures. Republicans have not succeeded in any of their Nevada lawsuits this year, but some of the cases are in various stages of appeal.

Democrats have argued that the GOP is pursuing long-shot lawsuits to sow distrust in election systems, while Republicans say they are necessary measures to rebuild faith in elections.



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