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Donald Trump campaign tries to have Nevada poll workers named publicly: ‘Have you watched Twitter?’

A Nevada judge shut down the lawsuit on Tuesday

Justin Carissimo
New York
Tuesday 08 November 2016 22:58 GMT
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the Sioux City Convention Center November 6, 2016 in Sioux City, Iowa. With less than 48 hours until Election Day in the United States, Trump and his opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, are campaigning in key battleground states that each must win to take the White House.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the Sioux City Convention Center November 6, 2016 in Sioux City, Iowa. With less than 48 hours until Election Day in the United States, Trump and his opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, are campaigning in key battleground states that each must win to take the White House.

A Nevada judge shut down a lawsuit from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Tuesday after officials requested the personal information of Las Vegas poll workers.

The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing workers at four polling locations in Clark County of allowing voters to cast ballots past last week's early voting deadline. However, according to state law, voters who are in line when the polls close must be allowed to cast their ballots.

"Have you watched Twitter? Do you watch any cable news shows? People can get information and harass them," Clark County Judge Gloria Sturman said in open court.

"I am not going to expose people doing their civic duty to help people vote... to public attention, ridicule, and harassment," Ms Sturman explained during the emergency hearing. "I'm not going to do it."

Mr Trump has repeatedly claimed that the county had violated election laws, and said it was evidence of a rigged system, however, Dan Kulin, a spokesman for the county, said nothing illegal happened on Sunday.

"Nothing happened that wasn't supposed to happen," Mr Kulin told NBC News. "Voters who were in line by the scheduled closing time were allowed to vote."

Glen Caplin, a spokesman for the Clinton campaign, characterized the lawsuit as a desperate response to record turnout in the state.

Clinton spokesman Glen Caplin said the campaign was pleased by the ruling and described Trump's suit as "a desperate response to the record turnout we’re seeing in Nevada and across the country."

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