Democrats lose bid to reopen voter registration after registrations Thrown in the trash by GOP
District Judge Valerie Adair on Friday denied the
Democratic Party's request to reopen voter registration to voters whose
forms might have been destroyed by a Republican-backed organization. In
denying the Democratic Party's petition, Adair said extending
registration could "open the floodgates" to allow people not affected
by the purported fraud to register. Such a move would be inviting
"additional fraud and manipulation," she said. "This court does
not believe that there is any way to ensure that only those individuals
legitimately affected will register if the time period is extended,"
the judge said. "There is no guarantee that hundreds of people will not
seek to register or claim that they have been impacted." The
appropriate remedy under Nevada law is for those who believe they've
been wrongfully denied the right to vote to file individual lawsuits
against the Clark County registrar asking to be included on the voter
rolls, Adair said. "The interests of the affected individuals do not
justify overriding the statutes enacted by our Legislature and
embarking upon a highly dangerous path where the claims of a single
individual can impact the voter registration practice of an entire
county," Adair said. [more ]
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