The Republican National Committee (RNC) slapped Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguliar with a lawsuit on Friday, alleging that the state has “impossibly high” voter registration rolls.
The lawsuit alleges that the state of Nevada is failing to maintain the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which mandates that voter rolls must keep “clean and accurate voter registration records.” The RNC is alleging that, according to their analysis, five of Nevada’s 17 counties have inflated voter rolls, which they say indicates a violation of the NVRA, the lawsuit claims.
“Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls, and that’s why the National Voter Registration Act requires state officials to keep their rolls accurate and up-to-date,” RNC Co-Chair Michael Whatley wrote in a Monday press release. “Nevada has universal mail voting and no voter ID requirement, which makes Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar’s failure to comply with the NVRA and provide accurate voter rolls all the more concerning. Securing clean voter rolls in Nevada is a critical step towards ensuring that it will be easy to vote and hard to cheat.”
“At least three Nevada counties have more registered voters than they have adult citizens who are over the age of 18,” the lawsuit alleges. “That number of voters is impossibly high.”
via joemiller