A North Dakota county election official is suing the state's election director to block the counting of mail-in ballots received after Election Day in a lawsuit filed by a conservative group that also brought lawsuits amid former President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud in 2020. An election law expert says the Public Interest Legal Foundation appeared to be “court-shopping” for a conservative circuit with its case, which seeks an injunction against the election director for enforcing the state's laws. Burleigh County Auditor Mark Splonskowski, who was elected last fall, alleges he “is harmed by instructions to accept and cast ballots received after Election Day,” and that “because federal and state law conflict on the day the ballots must be turned in, he faces an impossibility in enforcing the law," according to a complaint filed Wednesday in federal court.
North Dakota election official challenges mail ballot counting law in Trump-aligned group s lawsuit
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North Dakota election official challenges mail ballot counting law in Trump-aligned group s lawsuit
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