13-11-2020, 18:23
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Re: U.S Election 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11...-were-at-stake
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The Trump campaign dropped its so-called “Sharpiegate” lawsuit in Arizona on Friday, which had claimed that some ballots cast for Mr. Trump were invalidated after voters used Sharpie pens, admitting that not enough presidential votes were at stake in the case to affect the outcome of the race.
In what is known as a notice of mootness, Kory Langhofer, a lawyer for the campaign, acknowledged that “a tabulation of the votes statewide has rendered unnecessary a judicial ruling as to the presidential electors.”
The Arizona attorney general had already conducted an inquiry into the matter and found that the use of Sharpies in Maricopa County “did not result in disenfranchisement.” The suit stemmed from a viral rumor that falsely claimed Arizona’s voting machines were incapable of tabulating ballots that were filled out with Sharpies.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. was declared the winner of Arizona’s 11 electoral votes Thursday night, after he finished more than 11,000 votes ahead of President Trump.
At a hearing on Thursday, a Maricopa County elections official testified that only 191 presidential votes in the county might have been affected by Mr. Langhofer’s suit. The case will continue, however, for two minor down-ballot races.
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