The Trump campaign on Friday dropped its lawsuit in Arizona seeking a review of ballots that were cast by overriding the tabulating machine’s rejection of …
The Trump campaign on Friday dropped its lawsuit in Arizona seeking a review of ballots that were cast by overriding the tabulating machine’s rejection of the vote. The lawsuit, filed on Saturday, claimed that votes were rejected because poll workers had told voters to press a green button to cast their vote even after the tabulator had rejected it due to defects or irregularities on the ballot. One of the alleged defects was overvotes, when a voter selects more than the permitted number of candidates in a given race. This usually occurs when ink splotches or stray markings are made on the ballot. The lawsuit, which was filed against Arizona’s secretary of state and other state officials, asked the court to order (pdf) election officials to hold off on certifying results until a review of the ballots that contain apparent overvotes or other defects is completed.
