Alright, picking up from that voter roll nightmare we talked about last time, let’s discuss the big guns getting involved. Imagine you’re the Registrar of Voters in Washoe, sifting through stacks of voter files, when bam, a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice lands on your desk, demanding access to everything. That’s exactly what happened in Nevada in July 2025.

Under President Trump’s administration, the DOJ sent requests to at least nine states, including battlegrounds like ours, for voter roll data and election info. Specifically for Nevada, they wanted the statewide voter registration list, which is public anyway, but also details on how we handle removals and verifications. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, a Democrat, complied quickly, but not without raising eyebrows. Why? Trump’s executive order in March 2025 aimed to “protect the integrity of American elections” by cracking down on ineligible voters, echoing his long-standing concerns from 2020.

Facts don’t lie: In 2024, Nevada investigated over 300 potential fraud cases, mostly double voting, per the Secretary of State’s office. The DOJ’s move builds on that, focusing on ensuring only citizens vote and rolls are “pristine.” One real-world impact? It could lead to more aggressive purges, like the 162,000 cancellations we saw post-2024. Conservatives see this as a step toward fixing systemic issues, such as non-citizens accidentally registering via DMV forms, a glitch exposed in past audits.

Yet, is the DOJ going far enough? Some say no, pointing to researchers who’ve uncovered weirder patterns in our vote counts. Take Edward Solomon, a data whiz who’s been poring over Nevada’s numbers. His work suggests something fishy with impossible in a fair election identical vote ratios across precincts in Washoe and Clark. If the feds ignore that, what’s the point? The problems here underscore solutions like federal requirements for voter ID, paper ballots only, and hand-counts at precincts to boost confidence. Well the Fed’s have that data too. What will they do with it?

Hang tight, because in Part 3, we’ll dive into Solomon’s bombshell research on those eerie identical patterns. It’s the kind of insight that could prove manipulation and force real change. Don’t skip it if you care about honest elections, and we’ll explore how ditching machines for paper could solve it.

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