The Supreme Court of Nevada has rejected an appeal from President Trump’s campaign to overturn the election results in the state, affirming President-elect Joe Biden’s win in one of the battleground states.
‘To prevail on this appeal, appellants must demonstrate error of law, findings of fact not supported by substantial evidence or an abuse of discretion in the admission or rejection of evidence by the district court,’ the order read. ‘We are not convinced they have done so.’
It was the latest court failure for Trump and his allies, who have lost dozens of cases in state and federal courts in an unsuccessful attempt to nullify the result of the Nov. 3 election.
Trump says the result was fraudulent, but no court has found evidence to support his assertions.
Last week, a district court in Nevada ruled that the Trump campaign had not proven a claim that there had been a malfunction in voting devices and the contest between Trump and Biden had been manipulated.
‘We also are not convinced that the district court erred in applying a burden of proof by clear and convincing evidence, as supported by the cases cited in the district court’s order,’ Nevada’s Supreme Court said in its judgement.
Trump’s campaign wanted Justice James Hardesty to recuse himself because he congratulated Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske on ‘carrying out an extraordinary successful election.’
Hardesty filed a motion saying that his comment was ‘an appropriate courteous and professional response and in no way reflects any predisposition or opinion by me concerning the facts or issues raised in this case.’
The Trump campaign lost that argument too.
Biden won Nevada by a 33,596-vote margin, giving him the state’s six votes in the Electoral College which choses the president.
Democrat Hillary Clinton also won the state over Trump in 2016.
The electors are scheduled to meet on Dec. 14 to formalize the outcome, with Biden having won 306 votes to 232 for Trump.
Tuesday was marked as the so-called safe harbor deadline for states to resolve disputes arising from the election.
Under U.S. law, Congress will consider a state’s election result to be ‘conclusive’ if it is finalized by the safe harbor date.