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Trump's lawsuit in Arizona is over, at most, 180 votes. This is a joke, right?

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Arizona RepublicView CommentsAttorney General William Barr on Monday authorized the Department of Justice to &nbsp;any&nbsp;“substantial allegations” of voter fraud in last week's election.Meanwhile, here in Arizona, the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee&nbsp;and the Arizona Republican Party&nbsp;had their first court hearing on Monday on their&nbsp;lawsuit&nbsp;—&nbsp;the one that contends&nbsp;Maricopa County poll workers “consistently, regularly and systematically” took action that deprived Trump of “potentially thousands” of votes.Or, as it turns out, 180 votes.And that’s assuming every one of those 180 votes would have gone for Trump.At issue are ballots cast in person on Election Day that contained&nbsp;an overvote or other irregularity. The tabulation&nbsp;machines kick out such ballots, giving voters the option of filling out a new ballot or resubmitting the ballot, knowing that the vote in the race being flagged may not count.The lawsuit claims a large number of poll workers were encouraging people to resubmit the flagged ballots or actually doing it themselves, rather than setting the ballots&nbsp;aside for further review.As they put it, “systematic poll worker error.”“If these ballots are reviewed and adjudicated by the Ballot Duplication Board, they will&nbsp;yield up to thousands of additional votes for President Trump and for other Republican candidates,” the lawsuit says.And by “up to thousands” of votes for Trump, they apparently meant 180 at most, assuming that Joe Biden didn't get any of them.Deputy Maricopa County Attorney Tom Liddy told the&nbsp;judge on Monday that only 180 of the 165,860 cast in person on Election Day had potential overvotes in the presidential race.“180,” Liddy said. “That’s it.”This&nbsp;is the massive fraud that had angry Trump supporters descending nightly on the downtown Phoenix building where votes were being counted, railing against the conspiracy&nbsp;to “steal our vote”?&nbsp;The judge set a hearing for Thursday morning, at which time Trump's lawyers will have to produce actual&nbsp;evidence. Reach Roberts at .View Comments

Arizona RepublicView CommentsAttorney General William Barr on Monday authorized the Department of Justice to &nbsp;any&nbsp;“substantial allegations” of voter fraud in last week's election.Meanwhile, here in Arizona, the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee&nbsp;and the Arizona Republican Party&nbsp;had their first court hearing on Monday on their&nbsp;lawsuit&nbsp;—&nbsp;the one that contends&nbsp;Maricopa County poll workers “consistently, regularly and systematically” took action that deprived Trump of “potentially thousands” of votes.Or, as it turns out, 180 votes.And...

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