Foundation asks court to force election officials to clean up lists
An election integrity organization has gone to court in Nevada to try to force officials to follow the state’s election laws and clean up their voter rolls.
Those state’s “residents,” for example, are on government documents claiming to live at casinos.
And bars.
And gas stations.
And vacant lots.
The threat of election fraud comes in when those names and addresses are on state records, which could send 2024 ballots to them.
The problem is being addressed by the Public Interest Legal Foundation, which filed a petition for mandamus to force officials in Clark County, Nevada, to investigate those voters on their rolls who claim to be living at commercial addresses.
The state’s laws require individuals to register to vote where they live.
The filing in Clark County District Court charges, “Nevada law mandates that ‘[e]ach county clerk shall use the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to this subsection to collect and maintain all records of preregistration and registration to vote.’ NRS 293.675. That list must, in relevant part, ‘[be] regularly maintained to ensure the integrity of the registration process and the election process.’ NRS 293.675(3)(i). 2. Pursuant to Nevada law, ‘County clerks may use any reliable and reasonable means available to correct the portions of the statewide voter registration list which are relevant to the county clerks and to determine whether a registered voter’s current residence is other than that indicated on the voter’s application to register to vote.’ NRS 293.530(1)(a). 3. Petitioners brought to Respondent’s attention evidence concerning whether residential addresses listed on the statewide voter registration list are accurate as there is no indication that individuals reside at the specific locations identified. Petitioners sought Respondent’s compliance with state law regarding the accuracy of the statewide voter list through investigations of specific addresses for accuracy. Respondent has not acted. Petitioners have no other remedy at law and herein seeks a writ of mandamus ordering Respondent to investigate possible commercial addresses.”