Nevada GOP, RNC File Public Records Requests On ‘Glitch’ In State-Run Presidential Primary

The RNC and NVGOP have sent Public Records Requests to Washoe County, Clark County, and the Nevada Secretary of State to gain transparency on what Nevada Democrat officials described as a “glitch” in the Presidential Preference Primary (PPP) held on February 6th, with early voting the week prior.

For background, the Globe and elected officials across the state received complaints from hundreds, if not thousands, of Nevadans who were marked as having voted in the primary, when they, in fact, voted in the Nevada GOP “First in the West” caucus on February 8th.

On February 19th, a state holiday, Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar released a statement on X (formerly Twitter) blaming a coding error for the issues related to erroneous vote history and stressed that the error had no connection to vote tabulation. He later assured voters that Nevada’s elections are “secure, fair and accessible.”

Statement from the Secretary of State’s Office: pic.twitter.com/KTFZuaPBjt

— NV Sec of State (@NVSOS) February 20, 2024

To date, an unknown number of voters were impacted and a number of voters still have inaccurate voter history recorded on the NV SOS website.

The Globe sent a series of questions to Washoe County Spokesperson Bethany Drysdale. In part, she responded:

“The error came in how the SOS’s system read our data (the coding error explained by the SOS). There are no actual ballots that were involved, it was an error in the voter history data that was transmitted from our database to the SOS’s website. The voter history database is not connected to ballot tabulation and results. The voter database is updated constantly, every day, and is completely separate from election results.”

Yet, the the RNC and NVGOP public records requests could provide transparency and clarification with regards to the following information they have asked for (copied directly from public records requests):

1. The full list of affected voters who received a message or notification that they were “not currently eligible to vote” notwithstanding an active voter registration status, and notwithstanding the receipt of mail-in ballots for the state-run, non- binding Presidential Preference Primary.
2. The full list of affected voters who were erroneously notified that their mail-in ballot for the Presidential Preference Primary had been counted when in fact they had not voted in the Presidential Preference Primary nor returned their mail-in ballot.
3. The names of all individuals (whether employed by your Office, or an independent contractor and/or vendor retained by your Office) that has access and/or permission to modify the Nevada Secretary of State Website and/or the voter database maintained by the Nevada Secretary of State.

“Nevadans deserve answers on how these false notifications occurred, how they are being rectified, and what’s being done to prevent similar issues from happening in the future. As a state with universal mail ballots, it is incumbent on Nevada’s Democrat officials to ensure the highest standards of accuracy and transparency when it comes to providing information on the status of those mail ballots. The RNC and NVGOP have a long and productive history of collaborating to hold Nevada Democrats accountable for actions that undermine election integrity, and these Public Records Requests are a key first step in providing Nevadans with the transparency and voter confidence they deserve,” RNC Spokesman Gates McGavick told The Globe.