GOP Makes Criminal Referral After Allegedly Uncovering Thousands of Instances of Voter Fraud in Nevada

By Jack Davis, WESTERN JOURNAL
Published November 6, 2020 at 9:36am<

Nevada Republicans say they have discovered more than 3,000 instances of voter fraud in the state and are demanding an investigation from the Department of Justice.

The state’s Republican Party on Thursday announced that its legal team had asked Attorney General William Barr to investigate what a letter to Barr called “criminal voter fraud” in the state.

“Our lawyers just sent a criminal referral to AG Barr regarding at least 3,062 instances of voter fraud,” the Nevada GOP said on Twitter. “We expect that number to grow substantially. Thousands of individuals have been identified who appear to have violated the law by casting ballots after they moved from NV.”

<
>
Nevada law limits the people who can vote after leaving the state to students as well as service members or their families, according to The Washington Post.

“Of course, voter fraud is a serious federal felony, one that cuts to the heart of representative democracy” said the letter, which was shared on Twitter by Tim Murtaugh, communications director for President Donald Trump’s campaign. “We understand that these are serious allegations and we do not make them lightly.”

<
>
In a separate letter to a lawyer representing Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, the Republican Party said it expects the list of those who voted after leaving the state to reach about 6,000 names.

Nevada Republicans further noted that they had identified instances of people under age 18 casting mail-ion ballots.

<
>
Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, pushed back against the allegations and said he had “the utmost confidence in the abilities of Nevada’s local election officials and Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske to accurately count every eligible vote cast in the Silver State,” according to Fox News.

“Our election administration officials are required to keep counting under state law and that is exactly what they’ll do until every vote is counted. Despite national pressure, our election officials and public servants continue to prioritize accuracy and fairness in this process. That should make all Nevadans proud,” Sisolak said.

“I ask all Nevadans to support our election workers, trust this process and respect the results when they are certified as final,” he said.

Separately, Nevada’s Republican congressional candidates filed a lawsuit against the state, saying its vote-counting system was flawed, according to the Washington Examiner.