A judge in Nevada slammed Donald Trump for a lawsuit he filed Monday night that claims an election official kept a polling place in Las Vegas open two hours later than the law allows last week. During a hearing Tuesday afternoon, Clark County Judge Gloria Sturman, who said she was offended by the lawsuit, ordered Trump's lawyers to "sit down."

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The Trump campaign wants to make names of Nevada poll workers public. Judge's response: pic.twitter.com/tes99IMbbH — Deadspin (@Deadspin) November 8, 2016

Nevada — an important state for Trump and Clinton, who are locked in a tight race there— allows early voting, and polling places are open until 8 p.m. But people can cast their ballot after 8 p.m. if they're in line by then.



Trump claims in the lawsuit that Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe P. Gloria let people join the line after 8 at the polling place located in a Latino market, according to Reuters. The lawsuit demands that ballots from the polling place be set aside from other votes cast in the state and not counted.

The polling place in question is in greater Las Vegas, according to CNN, which has large minority populations that are expected to vote heavily in favor of Hillary Clinton.

David Bossie, Trump's deputy campaign manager, said the lawsuit was not meant to prevent Hispanics from casting their votes.

At the Tuesday hearing, Judge Sturman fired off a series of questions to Trump's lawyers: “Are [the votes] not to be counted? What are you saying? Why are we here? You want to preserve the poll data? That is offensive to me. Why don’t we wait to see if the secretary of state wants to do this?”



“I am not going to expose people doing their civic duty helping their fellow citizens vote, that they are taking their personal time to preserve … to public attention, ridicule, and harassment,” she continued. “Thank you, sit down.”

Judge Sturman then dismissed the lawsuit, according to CBS News.

Michael Sebastian Michael Sebastian was named editor-in-chief of Esquire in June 2019 where he oversees print and digital content, strategy and operations.

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