Part 1 of 7: Nevada’s Electoral Outrage, A 30,000-Foot View of a Political Persecution

Welcome to the first installment of our seven-part series, Nevada’s Witch Hunt: How Six Patriots Are Being Crucified for Defending Democracy. Picture this: six Nevadans, ordinary folks with a sense of civic duty, now staring down the barrel of felony charges for daring to challenge a rigged system. Their crime? Casting contingent electoral votes for Donald Trump in 2020, just as Hawaii’s electors did for JFK in 1960 without a whiff of prosecution. Buckle up, because this case is a masterclass in how the left weaponizes lawfare to punish dissent.

In December 2020, Michael McDonald, Jim DeGraffenreid, Jesse Law, Jim Hindle, Shawn Meehan, and Eileen Rice signed alternate electoral certificates for Trump, believing ongoing lawsuits could flip Nevada’s razor-thin election results (Biden won by 33,596 votes). They weren’t sneaking around in dark alleys; they acted openly, mirroring Hawaii’s 1960 playbook, where Democratic electors cast contingent votes for Kennedy during a recount dispute, later hailed as heroes. Fast forward to 2023, and Nevada’s Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat with gubernatorial dreams, slaps these six with felony charges: offering a false instrument and uttering a forged one. Why? Because they dared to question the sacred 2020 election narrative.

Ford’s case flopped spectacularly in Clark County, dismissed in June 2024 by Judge Mary Kay Holthus for improper venue, the acts happened in Carson City, not Vegas. Undeterred, Ford refiled in Carson City in December 2024, conveniently announcing his 2026 governor run. Coincidence? Please. The electors, drowning in legal fees, face a relentless crusade to paint them as election-stealing villains. But here’s the kicker: their actions were legal, protected, and precedented.

Legal Argument for Dismissal: The 1960 Hawaii Precedent: The Hawaii case is the silver bullet. Kennedy’s electors cast contingent votes during a disputed election, were never prosecuted, and a judge praised their foresight. The Nevada electors did the same, acting in good faith to preserve Trump’s shot pending litigation. No fraud, no harm, just civic duty. Charging them twists Nevada’s forgery laws into a pretzel to criminalize politics.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. In Part 2, we’ll dive deeper into the electors’ mindset, exposing why their lack of criminal intent obliterates Ford’s case. You won’t believe how flimsy this prosecution is.

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