Judge's order shields Desert Breeze voters through Election Day after a bullhorn confrontation went viral

What happened

District Judge Joe Hardy on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order aimed at stopping voter harassment outside the Desert Breeze Community Center polling place, near West Spring Mountain and South Cimarron roads, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. The order responds to a complaint the ACLU of Nevada filed against Clark County. It followed a viral video of a woman yelling at voters through a bullhorn on the first day of early voting.

We reported earlier on the judge's buffer order at Desert Breeze. The Review-Journal's latest report adds new statements from the ACLU and from a voter who says he was struck.

What the order requires

A designated entrance and a buffer zone

Under the ruling, county election officials must designate the narrow pathway leading to the voting area as the polling place's entrance. Electioneering is prohibited on that pathway or within 100 feet of it, according to the Review-Journal.

Limits on three unnamed women

The order also bars three women, identified as Jane Does 1-3, from harassing, intimidating or assaulting voters. That includes following, recording or blocking them. An ACLU spokesperson confirmed that the woman with the bullhorn is one of the three.

How long it lasts

The order was in effect Friday, the last day of early voting in Nevada. It stays in place until polls close on Election Day, which is Tuesday.

What the ACLU says happened

According to the ACLU, the confrontation captured on video took place Oct. 17. The complaint says the woman, who wore a black vest with "Trump" across the back, shouted an anti-gay slur at a voter and then pushed a bullhorn into the voter's face. The ACLU called it one of the most egregious incidents of that day.

The complaint describes Desert Breeze as unique because voters must use a single narrow driveway between the main parking lot and the polling entrance. It alleges people blocked that path, forcing some voters to climb over rocks and other obstructions, and that the harassment went on for at least a week. Some voters described the experience as "walking the gauntlet," according to the complaint.

Athar Haseebullah, executive director of the ACLU of Nevada, posted video of the incidents to TikTok on Oct. 17. "In a state that values our Constitution, we will not sit idly by as voters face intimidation," he said in a Friday statement.

Police response and a voter's account

The ACLU said the Oct. 17 incident was reported to county election officials and to police. Metropolitan Police Department officers can be seen speaking with the woman in Haseebullah's video, but the complaint says she was not removed from the voting site. The woman's actual name was unclear, the Review-Journal reported.

Broadcaster Charles "Karel" Bouley told the Review-Journal that the woman hit him in the face with the bullhorn. In an Instagram video posted Saturday, he thanked Haseebullah and the ACLU of Nevada and said "the state did not keep me safe. The county did not keep me safe."

The Review-Journal said it is unclear whether anyone has been arrested. Metro and the Clark County district attorney's office could not immediately be reached Saturday, and efforts to reach a county spokesperson were unsuccessful. Follow our elections coverage for more on voting in the valley.

What to watch next

• The restraining order remains in effect at Desert Breeze until polls close on Election Day, Tuesday.
• Whether anyone is arrested in connection with the Oct. 17 incident, which the Review-Journal said was unclear.
• Responses from Metro, the Clark County district attorney's office and the county, none of which had commented as of Saturday.