According to reporting by The Center Square, the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office confirmed it received seven voter-related Department of Justice subpoenas from the FBI over the last three months. The office said it could not provide further information at this time.
Advocacy group’s allegation
All Voting is Local, described by The Center Square as a special interest group, criticized the subpoenas. In a press release quoted by The Center Square, Nevada State Director Kerry Durmick called the development a “dramatic escalation in the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to control state-run elections.”
Durmick alleged “desperate attempts to gain access to private voter roll information, peddle debunked conspiracy theories, and force election officials to comply with likely illegal executive orders around vote-by-mail,” and added, “We will not allow Trump to come in and try to dictate our elections.”
State response
In a statement provided to The Center Square, Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar said, “The right to vote is written clearly in the constitution, and we cannot take that right away without the highest confidence of a person’s ineligibility.” Aguilar added, “The federal administration is inundating election offices with investigations and questions ahead of the election, and making sweeping claims of election fraud to the public before any investigation is done. We will continue standing up for Nevada voters and remain focused on running a safe, secure and transparent election this fall.”
What we don’t know
The Center Square reported that Nevada officials did not release details about the subpoenas, including what they seek or which cases they involve.
Unanswered requests and background
The Center Square said it sought comment from the White House but did not hear back by publication. The outlet also noted that former President Donald Trump has on many occasions expressed concern about voter fraud and favors new actions on mail-in ballots to ensure election integrity.
