Nevada GOP claimed huge voter fraud — then found just 14 possible cases in 4 years: report
Republicans have spent the better part of the past four years arguing that the 2020 election contained widespread fraud, particularly in swing states.
"Republicans in Nevada found 'at least 3,062 instances of voter fraud. ... Thousands of individuals have been identified who appear to have violated the law by casting ballots after they moved from NV," that state's GOP said on the social media site X in 2020.
In November 2020, the party sent out a press release declaring, "Our lawyers just sent a criminal referral to (U.S. Attorney General Bill) Barr regarding at least 3,062 instances of voter fraud. 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."
The GOP then sent a lawsuit to Barr against the secretary of state and the Clark County registrar of voters, claiming "irregularities have plagued the election in Clark County," which has the most Democrats in the state.
Though it's not known how many, if any, of the 3,062 claims were confirmed, it is known that the amount of complaints have dropped immensely in the following years, despite several Republican candidates still using fraud as an election issues, the Nevada Independent reported.
After the 2022 midterms, there were just 146 reports of voting violations out of 1 million total votes cast. Of those cases, half have been closed, and 70 are still under investigation.
Only three have been sent to prosecutors, the report said.
After this year's primary election, the secretary of state got another 100 reports of election violations.
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"Thirty-three of those complaints remain open, while the rest resulted in no violation found. These did not include the more than 100 complaints the office received following a glitch in the state’s voter registration system that displayed voter history incorrectly but did not affect vote tallies in the February presidential primary election," the Independent explained
The process allows individuals to file a report for the secretary of state, review it, and speak with anyone who may have been involved.
"After that, the office may decide to send a 'civil notice' to the voter, informing them that they are aware of the allegations but will not be pursuing any further action," said the report. "The office sent 15 of these notices related to allegations of 'double votes' in 2022, according to the report.
Since 2020, there have been just 14 cases referred for prosecution out of 2.4 million votes, the Independent found.