Articles for County Nevada

Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
1 week, 5 days ago

Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A slate of six Nevada Republicans have again been charged with submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential battleground’s 2020 election. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Thursday that the state’s fake electors case had been revived in Carson City, the capital, where he filed a new complaint this …

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Top election official in Nevada county that is key to the presidential race takes stress leave
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Top election official in Nevada county that is key to the presidential race takes stress leave

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — The top election official in a key northern Nevada swing county is taking a stress-related leave of absence with just over a month to go before Election Day, creating a sense of uncertainty about election operations in a county that has been under near-constant attack from conspiracy theorists since former President Donald Trump lost it in 2020. …

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Nevada county engulfed in chaos after Republicans refuse to certify election
5 months, 1 week ago

Nevada county engulfed in chaos after Republicans refuse to certify election

Raw Story  

Turmoil has engulfed Washoe County, Nevada, the home of Reno and the second-most populous area of Nevada outside the Las Vegas metropolitan area, after Republicans on the county commission refused to certify an election. According to USA Today, the three Republican members of the commission, which make up a majority of the five seats, refused to certify the results of …

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Nevada county votes against certifying recount results, a move that raises longer-term questions
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nevada county votes against certifying recount results, a move that raises longer-term questions

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Commissioners in Nevada’s second most populous county on Tuesday refused to certify the results of two local recounts from last month’s primary, a rare move that has potential implications for the presidential race in one of the nation’s most important swing states. The three Republican members on the five-member Washoe County Board of Commissioners voted to reject …

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Nevada election-fraud crusader drops US lawsuit under threat of sanctions; presses on in state court
1 year, 4 months ago

Nevada election-fraud crusader drops US lawsuit under threat of sanctions; presses on in state court

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — An election-fraud crusader in Nevada withdrew his latest federal lawsuit in an ongoing feud with county officials in Reno after their lawyers threatened to seek sanctions for filing a baseless complaint laced with “rantings of a conspiracy theorist.” But Robert Beadles, a wealthy ex-California businessman and right-wing activist who has embraced many Republicans’ disproven claims of election …

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State police to end 24/7 coverage in Reno amid high turnover
1 year, 7 months ago

State police to end 24/7 coverage in Reno amid high turnover

The Independent  

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Nov. 10, 2022 US election coverage
2 years, 1 month ago

Nov. 10, 2022 US election coverage

CNN  

An election worker arrives with ballots Wednesday inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix. Here’s what you should know as the counting continues: Where things stand in Arizona and Nevada — and why it’s taking so long to count ballots: The biggest reason for the delay is the way that each state handles the ballots outside of those cast …

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Nevada county’s plans to hand-count early ballots challenged
2 years, 2 months ago

Nevada county’s plans to hand-count early ballots challenged

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A rural county in Nevada where conspiracy theories about voting machines run deep is planning to start hand-counting its mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day, a process that risks public release of early voting results. Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf said hand-count teams will start tallying mail-in ballots on Oct. 26, just under two weeks ahead …

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Voter groups object to proposed Nevada hand-counting rules
2 years, 4 months ago

Voter groups object to proposed Nevada hand-counting rules

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — As officials in some parts of rural Nevada vow to bypass voting machines in favor of hand counting ballots this November, the Nevada secretary of state’s office is proposing statewide rules that would specify how to do it, including requiring bipartisan vote counters, room for observation and how many ballots to count at a time. On Friday, …

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Last Nevada county approves primary results after hand count
2 years, 5 months ago

Last Nevada county approves primary results after hand count

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Counties across Nevada on Friday certified the last outstanding results of the state’s June 14 primary election after critics questioned the tallies by describing their own experiences at the polls and repeating conspiracy theories that nearly derailed certification in New Mexico last week. Esmeralda County, Nevada’s least populated, became the last to certify its countywide results Friday …

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