Over and over, judges have rejected the Trump administration’s arguments for turning over state voter rolls.
“Clearly, this demand is devoid of any factual basis,” one judge wrote.
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Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 PM@ProPublica He'll keep trying, maybe he'll find another Cannon.
One can do some Bayesian statistics on this.
Assume, at the start, that the DOJ's probability of success \(p\) is any random number between 0% and 100%. (We are being charitably ignorant here.)
After observing 0 wins and 26 losses, \(p\) should be a draw from the distribution below, heavily weighted toward 0%, with a median of 2.5%.
Thought question: what sort of attorney forges ahead with cases that demonstrably have about 2.5% chance of success?
Details:
https://www.someweekendreading.blog/DoJ-0-for-26-voter-rolls/
@ProPublica Trump alternate intent is that the 26 states who won court rulings blocking Trump's order gives Trump power to deny the elections results from those states despite it's not his right, power or call. The USPS Postmaster General David Steiner has said he'll impose restrictions on ballots for those states, some of which are all-mail-in voting states, in defiance of court rulings.