RNC Alleges Irregularities in Nevada Voter Rolls, Issues Lawsuit Warning

Clark County Election Department worker Breanna Silas accepts ballots at the Clark County Election Department, which serves as a drive-up and walk-up election ballot drop-off point in North Las Vegas, Nev., on Oct. 13, 2020. Ethan Miller/Getty Images

The Republican National Committee (RNC) and its chairwoman sent a letter to the Nevada Secretary of State’s office on Monday, alleging there are irregularities in the state’s voter registration figures.

In confirming the letter was sent to the state, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said that the “RNC is demanding that Nevada ensure only eligible voters can vote and will take legal action to ensure that outcome if necessary,” reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The letter, which was posted online Monday, stated that based on the RNC’s analysis, “Nevada is in violation” of the National Voter Registration Act.

“By comparing publicly available voter registration records with the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 citizen voting age population data, we have determined that three counties have more registered active voters than adult citizens over the age of 18,” the letter alleges. “We have identified five other counties that have voter registration rates that exceed 90 percent of adult citizens over the age of 18, a figure that far eclipses the voter registration rate nationwide in recent elections.”

The analysis found that Douglas, Lyon, and Storey counties had more than 100 percent voter registration, meaning there are more registered voters than those who are eligible to vote. Carson City, Churchill, Clark, Eureka, and Washoe counties, meanwhile, had 90 percent or greater voter registration rates, it said.

Notably, Clark County is home to Las Vegas and Henderson, the state’s two most populous cities. Washoe County includes Reno, also one of the state’s most populous cities.

“These voter registration rates are abnormally or, in the case of counties with greater than 100 percent registration, impossibly high,” the RNC letter says. “This constitutes strong evidence that Nevada’s voter rolls are not being properly maintained.”

The Epoch Times contacted the Nevada Secretary of State’s office on Tuesday. The agency has yet to publicly respond to the RNC’s letter or claims.

“We look forward to working with you in a productive fashion to ensure the accuracy and currency of Nevada’s voter rolls and to protect the integrity of its voting process,” the RNC said before it threatened to file a lawsuit.

“While we hope to avoid litigation, if we do not receive the requested response, and if Nevada fails to take the necessary curative steps to resolve the issues identified in this letter, you will be subject to a lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief,” it warned.

Months before the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump claimed on Twitter, now known as X, that the state of Nevada was sending out illegal mail-in ballots and committing voter fraud. “State of Nevada ‘thinks’ that they can send out illegal vote by mail ballots, creating a great Voter Fraud scenario for the State and the U.S.,” he said at the time. “They can’t! If they do, ‘I think’ I can hold up funds to the State. Sorry, but you must not cheat in elections.”

His comment drew a rebuke from current Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat, who claimed the state has “many safeguards in place to ensure the integrity of an all-mail election.” He added at the time that the mail-in ballots “for the upcoming primary is but one piece in the plan to keep Nevada families safe, and we will not allow these threats and accusations to undermine that plan.”

‘Revamp the RNC’

The RNC’s letter comes just days after President Trump called to “revamp the RNC” if the group proceeds with 2024 primary debates, which the former president has not attended.

While touting recent polls showing he’s ahead by a wide margin, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that the “RNC must save money on lowest ever ratings debates” and added that if it fails to do so, it should be revamped.

Weeks before that, in September, his campaign said the RNC should “immediately” stop any further primary debates “so we can train our fire on Crooked Joe Biden and quit wasting time and money that could be going to evicting Biden from the White House.”

Nonetheless, the RNC on Monday night announced that four candidates have qualified to make the stage of the fourth debate. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are set to take the stage in Alabama on Wednesday evening, while President Trump has signaled that he won’t attend any of the debates.

“The fourth debate is another fantastic opportunity for our Republican candidates to share our winning agenda with the American people,” Ms. McDaniel said in a statement. “President Reagan was the first sitting president to visit the University of Alabama nearly 40 years ago, just before cruising to a landslide victory in 1984, and I’m thrilled to return our conservative message to Tuscaloosa on Wednesday night.”

The debate will be hosted by Elizabeth Vargas and Megyn Kelly, who notably hosted one of the 2016 GOP debates.

To attend the debate, the candidates must have obtained at least 6 percent in two national polls approved by the RNC, or 6 percent in one poll from two separate early-voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina.