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JUST SAY NO TO ELECTORAL FRAUD II
Sophistry from a R.I.N.O. (Republican In Name Only).

Nevada's Republican secretary of state finds no 'evidentiary support' of voter fraud in latest blow to Donald Trump's 2020 election rigging claims

• Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske found no 'evidentiary support' for the state GOP's voter fraud claims
• 'These concerns do not amount to evidentiary support for the contention that the 2020 general election was plagued by widespread voter fraud,' she said
• The new findings are the latest blow to Donald Trump's claims widespread voter fraud was to blame for him losing to Joe Biden
• Cegavske is the only Republican statewide office holder in Nevada
• The Nevada GOP censured Cegavske earlier this month

Nevada's Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske revealed Wednesday she found no evidence to support the state GOP's claim of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 general election.

'[W]hile the NVGOP [Nevada GOP] raises policy concerns about the integrity of mail-in voting, automatic voter registration, and same-day voter registration, these concerns do not amount to evidentiary support for the contention that the 2020 general election was plagued by widespread voter fraud,' she said in a letter addressed to the Nevada Republican Party.

Cegavske is the only Republican who holds a statewide office in Nevada.

Her findings are the latest blow to former President Donald Trump's claims that voter fraud in several swing states – including Nevada – were to blame for his loss against Joe Biden.

In the November 2020 general presidential election, Biden earned 50.1% of the vote over Trump's 47.7%. Nevada is one of the state's Trump's team and allies most vehemently denounced as engaging in some sort of voter fraud.

In the 2016 election, however, the state went blue for Hillary Clinton by nearly the same margin.

Nevada was one of the states in 2020 that sent out mail-in ballots to all registered voters to try and combat potential voting hesitancy in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

States engaging in this practice led to Republican claims that it could make situations ripe for voter fraud, including people voting more than once or sending in ballots they automatically received that were not under their own name.

Issues like change of address and deceased individuals voting became an issue.

In Cegavske's letter, she said of the 122,918 records submitted by Nevada's GOP, her office narrowed the list to 3,963 'Election Integrity Violation Reports'.

Some of the nearly 4,000 claims were already being investigated and an accompanying report found many complaints were unsubstantiated.

The state also determined it wasn't cost effective to track down those who live out of state and voted in the Nevada election. Cegavske reasoned there are several ways those not living in the state may vote and still be qualified as a permanent resident – like college students.

Cegavske was censured earlier this month by the Nevada Republican Party.

They reasoned their censure was for 'disregard of her oath of office by failing to investigate election fraud, her dismissive public statements regarding election integrity concerns, and her failure to ensure compliance with Nevada and federal election law, these actions being at least partially causal in November 2020 election irregularities and fraud.'

She rebuked her censure in a statement claiming: 'My job is to carry out the duties of my office as enacted by the Nevada Legislature, not carry water for the state GOP or put my thumb on the scale of democracy.'

'Unfortunately, members of my own party continue to believe the 2020 general election was wrought with fraud – and that somehow I had a part in it – despite a complete lack of evidence to support that belief,' Cegavske continued. (read more and see PDF of report)

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