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President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Washington.
Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 | 1:28 p.m.
National and Nevada Democrats are seeking to join a lawsuit President Donald Trump's reelection campaign filed to challenge a new law sending ballots to all active voters, arguing that if Trump's campaign prevails in the lawsuit in blocking the law, it will make it more difficult to vote.
Democrats argued in court documents filed Friday night that without the new law, Nevadans would have “to choose between risking their health to vote and participating in the November Election.”
A judge has not yet ruled on the Democrats' request to intervene in the lawsuit. An initial hearing has not yet been scheduled in the lawsuit.
Nevada's Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak last week signed a law passed by the Democratically-controlled Legislature that made the state among several that plan to automatically mail ballots to voters this November.
Trump's campaign and national and state Republicans filed a lawsuit last week in Nevada to try to stop the new law, contending it would undermine the election's integrity.
