The resignation of a county elections clerk in a rural county in Nevada has opened a window into the long-term consequences of election conspiracy theories
chose a Republican brothel ownerTrump won Nye County by more than 40 percentage points among the 25,427 ballots cast in November 2020. That margin, however, has done nothing to stifle the spread of conspiracy theories about voter fraud and ballot tampering.
County commissioners say they are obligated to take action as a way to re-establish trust in elections, a concern that fed into their vote to recommend hand-counting ballots in the upcoming November election rather than use tabulating machines. The secretary of state's office has said hand-counting could conflict with state law and has scheduled hearings in August to discuss regulations for any county planning to attempt it.
“They could be hacked. Something as simple as a phone with a hotspot in it, sitting up on the counter, can suddenly make those machines available on the internet,” she said.Jim Marchant, the GOP nominee for secretary of state In a stump speech, Marchant said he was eager to work with Mark Kampf, the winner of the Republican Party primary in the Nye County clerk’s race. Kampf’s platform included replacing voting machines with hand-counting.
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