Judge throws out Trump campaign lawsuit against New Jersey mail-in ballots
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from President Trump's reelection campaign to block New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's (D) plan to send mail-in ballots to all registered voters as a safety precaution during the pandemic.
U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp wrote that the plaintiff's claims that unsolicited mail-in ballots would lead to rampant illegal voting "are largely conjectural, hypothetical, and lacking in imminence," according to an opinion obtained by Bloomberg.
The judge pointed to how state election officials have implemented several security measures, including bar codes on each ballot and laws making it a third-degree crime to engage in voter fraud.
"Any suggestion of these measures' imminent failure is also speculative," wrote Shipp, an appointee of former President Obama.
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