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Related: About this forumtRump campaign sues Montana Governor Steve Bullock to halt mail ballots
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Helena by Trumps campaign, the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Montana Republican State Central Committee also names Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton, a Republican.
The Governors power grab under the cover of COVID-19 is particularly egregious. The Governor is running for U.S. Senate as a member of the Democratic Party and his race is one of the most competitive in the country. So he is using his current position to force a brand-new election system on Montanans that, according to his own party, will sway the election in his favor. This action cannot stand, reads the suit.
Bullock responded, in a statement, that "this template lawsuit appears to be part of a pattern of lawsuits across the country by Republican party operatives to limit access to voting during the pandemic. Voting by mail in Montana is safe, secure, and was requested by a bipartisan coalition of Montana election officials seeking to reduce the risk of COVID-19 and keep Montanans safe and healthy. This is the same directive that the Republican President of the Senate and Republican Speaker of the House said was the right thing to do for the June primary. Today, we have many more active cases of COVID-19 than we did back in June.
More at this link: https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/trump-campaign-sues-montana-governor-to-halt-mail-ballots/article_c92177ed-2a01-5280-8966-5ced9a845fab.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1
Their cheating knows no bounds.
2naSalit
(93,128 posts)and Bullock is right. He's was doing a live zoom w/ one of my neighbors this evening, which I missed. The -45 team is suing any state that has mail in voting going on. The only reason there is any in person voting is because of the AG and the R gang. This is all to try and mess with one of the most well organized mail in voting systems in the country. They hate Montana now because we kept Sen. Tester and have Bullock in whatever seat he lands in.
One thing they didn't think about in the case of Montana is that Bullock was our AG before we elected him governor, he's hip to the stink of this shit.
MontanaMama
(24,069 posts)And, stink this does. What a bunch of assholes. MT has an aging population...those folks cant afford to go the polls and get sick. I feel like we cant let our guard down for a minute. Oh wait...its because we CANT.
2naSalit
(93,128 posts)f'ers. They are evil and intend to destroy the country and kill a bunch of us along the way.
montanacowboy
(6,332 posts)that Steve is pretty damn popular? what a dumbass. He may be jeopardizing his own chances. He just can't stop himself.
MontanaMama
(24,069 posts)klook
(12,903 posts)when he was SOS running for governor.
Im glad Bullock, along with sensible Montana Republicans, are standing up to this bullshit.