Trump's campaign is backing up his rhetoric against mail-in ballots with a deep-pocketed legal push to make it harder for people to vote remotely.
the request, finding their interest was “too attenuated” and would be “fully protected” by the involvement of the state Republican Party.
Former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign has reportedly recruited hundreds of lawyers in anticipation of a legal fight around the election. Biden told supporters in July that the campaign would have 600 lawyers plus 10,000 volunteer lawyers on the ground,USA Today. But his campaign hasn’t formally gotten involved in court on a state-by-state basis the way Trump’s campaign has so far.
Celina Stewart, senior director of advocacy and litigation for the League of Women Voters, said their litigation caseload has dramatically increased since the pandemic started. They’ve not only taken states to court to push for expanded mail-in voting access in the primaries and general election this year, she said, but also to try to match the ramp-up in legal activity coming from Trump and the RNC.
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