The Latest Breaking News from Jim Marchant

Latest GOP tactic: Hand-count the votes

If that sounds good in theory, it's not: Less accurate and slower results — a bad fix to a nonexistent problem

Salon · Oct 27, 2022

Laxalt questions why Biden isn’t in Nevada for Cortez Masto

BOULDER CITY, Nev. — The candidates in Nevada’s tight Senate race are making their final pitches to voters and seeking to rally their respective bases now that early voting is well underway.

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022

Laxalt questions why Biden isn’t in Nevada for Cortez Masto - Roll Call

Republican Adam Laxalt questions why President Joe Biden has not come to Nevada to campaign with Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.

Roll Call · Oct 26, 2022

Dollars to doubters? Dick Uihlein kicks in millions to help elect Republicans who question 2020 election results

More than nine of every ten dollars mega donors Dick Uihlein and his wife Liz have contributed directly to congressional candidates running in the midterms have gone to Republicans who cast doubt on President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2022

Nevada secretary of state contender pledges to secure Trump victory in 2024

Republican Jim Marchant leads coalition of top state election-official candidates determined to return Trump to White House

The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2022

QAnon central to GOP election denial

QAnon troll and "consummate bulls**tter" Juan O Savin somehow assembled a coalition of GOP election-deniers

Salon · Oct 8, 2022

Democracy, poisoned: America’s elections are being attacked at every level

In the first of a new series, we look at how November’s midterm elections could be an inflection point as election deniers seek to take control of the vote counting process

The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2022

Nevada county's plans to hand-count early ballots challenged

A rural county in Nevada where conspiracy theories about voting machines run deep is planning to start hand-counting its mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day, but the process risks public release of early voting results

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

GOP secretary of state hopefuls see corrupt political system

Four Republicans seeking to overhaul how elections are run by becoming their state’s chief election official say they are fighting against a corrupt system

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2022

Support of false election claims runs deep in 2022 GOP field

An Associated Press review has found that nearly 1 in 3 Republican candidates for statewide offices that play a role in overseeing, certifying or defending elections supported overturning the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022