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Trump campaign sues Nevada’s Democratic top election official over noncitizens allegedly voting – Washington Examiner

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September 13, 2024

Trump campaign sues Nevada’s Democratic top election official over noncitizens allegedly voting – Washington Examiner

The Trump campaign expressed concern Nevada isn’t doing enough to keep noncitizens off voter registration rolls in a new lawsuit against the state.

The Trump campaign argued on Thursday that Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar should take further action to protect the integrity of the vote, according to court filings.

Aguilar speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Las Vegas on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Serkan Gurbuz)

The Nevada GOP, the Republican National Committee, and a Clark County voter are joining the Trump campaign’s lawsuit against Aguilar, the Democratic National Committee, and the Nevada Democratic Party.

The lawsuit is a dispute to former Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s review of the Nevada Republican Party’s alleged evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election. In 2021, Cegavske said she did not find “evidentiary support for the contention that the 2020 general election was plagued by widespread voter fraud.”

The Trump campaign and its allies are now arguing that Cegavske’s findings were based on a faulty interpretation of prior Supreme Court cases.

It also cited Harvard University’s Cooperative Election Study, which indicated that Nevada’s 4% of noncitizen respondents who claimed to be registered to vote is higher than the national average of roughly 2.5%.

Additionally, the campaign pointed to court public records showing that 8% of one district court’s jury pool claimed disqualification because they were noncitizens. The GOP used the data as evidence in its lawsuit that noncitizens have made it into voter rolls, as juries are compiled in part through voter registration lists.

Aguilar pushed back against the GOP’s claims that he is “failing in his list maintenance and investigatory duties to ensure that only U.S. citizens are registered and voting in Nevada elections.”

“There are already numerous safeguards in place to prevent noncitizens, or anyone ineligible to vote, from casting a ballot,” the secretary of state’s office told the Nevada Independent. “Any claims of a widespread problem are false and only create distrust in our elections.”

The RNC and the Nevada GOP recently celebrated the secretary of state’s office after it removed over 76,000 inactive voters from the state’s active voter list in August.

“NVGOP & the Trump campaign have taken the lead to ensure election officials follow the law and clean our voter rolls. Thank you @NVSOS for these important updates,” the Nevada GOP praised in a post to X on Wednesday.

Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls.
That’s especially true in a state like Nevada, which automatically sends a mail ballot to every active voter listed on the roll.
Proud of this unified @GOP campaign to promote election integrity in the Silver State. https://t.co/nG29Dqa5Nb
— Michael Whatley (@ChairmanWhatley) September 11, 2024
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Both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have emphasized the importance of winning Nevada as it is shaping up to play a crucial role in determining the outcome of the presidential election.

Trump most recently made an appearance in the state in late August during a visit to a Las Vegas restaurant. Wading into the kitchen to greet employees, he pitched his no-tax-on-tips policy that has gained traction with the electorate. The former president is set to hold another Nevada rally Friday evening in Las Vegas.

Trump narrowly lost the battleground state during his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns. As Nevada looms large in the 2024 presidential race, election security has become a major theme in the state.

The Trump campaign, RNC, and the state GOP are in the midst of another legal battle to prevent the counting of mail-in ballots in Nevada that lack a clear postmark and are received several days after Election Day.

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Additionally, Aguilar’s office announced it had fully implemented a new top-down voter registration and election management system in September. The “centralized statewide voter registration database” connects election processes and data from each of the state’s 17 counties and consolidates all the information into a single system.

Meanwhile, Gov. Joe Lombardo (R-NV) is fighting to implement a voter ID law, as Nevada does not require voters to provide any type of identification before casting a ballot in most cases.

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Earthquake swarm rattles central Nevada near Tonopah along newly identified fault

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March 4, 2026

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Earthquake swarm rattles central Nevada near Tonopah along newly identified fault

A swarm of earthquakes has been rattling a remote stretch of central Nevada near Tonopah, including a magnitude 4.0 quake that hit near Warm Springs Tuesday morning.

Seismologists said the activity is typical for Nevada, where clusters of earthquakes can flare up in a concentrated area. “This is a very Nevada-style earthquake sequence. We have these a lot where we just see an uptick in activity in a certain spot,” said Christie Rowe, director of the Nevada Seismological Lab.

The latest magnitude 4.0 quake struck east of Tonopah near Warm Springs. The largest earthquake in the swarm so far has measured a 4.2.

What has stood out to researchers is the fault involved. Rowe said the earthquakes are occurring along a fault stretching along the southern edge of the Monitor and Antelope ranges — and that it was previously unknown to scientists. “We didn’t know this fault was there. It’s a new fault to us — not to the Earth, obviously — but it was previously unknown,” Rowe said.

For now, the earthquakes have remained moderate. Rowe said the lab would not deploy additional temporary sensors unless activity increases to around a magnitude 5 or greater.

Seismologists said they are continuing to watch the swarm closely as Nevada works to bring the ShakeAlert early warning system to the state. The program, already active in neighboring states, can send cellphone alerts seconds before shaking arrives. “For me, it’s a really high priority. That distance to the faults gives us enough time to warn people — and that can make a big difference in reducing injuries and damage,” Rowe said.

Seismologists encouraged anyone who feels shaking to report it through the U.S. Geological Survey’s “Did You Feel It” system, saying even small quakes can help scientists better understand Nevada’s seismic activity.

Experts said the swarm is worth monitoring but is not cause for alarm. They noted that earthquakes like the 5.8 that hit near Yerington in December 2024 typically happen in Nevada about every eight to 10 years, and said they will continue monitoring the current activity closely.

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Kalshi Enforcement Action Belongs in Nevada Court, Judge Says

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March 3, 2026

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Kalshi Enforcement Action Belongs in Nevada Court, Judge Says

Nevada state court is the proper venue for reviewing whether KalshiEX LLC is improperly accepting sports wagers without a license, a federal district court said.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board showed that the state statutes under which it seeks relief don’t require interpreting federal law, Judge Miranda M. Du of the US District Court for the District of Nevada said in a Monday order. The board’s action is now remanded to the First Judicial District Court in Carson City, Nev., the order said.

The board in 2025 urged Kalshi, a financial services company, to get a gaming license, but the …

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EDITORIAL: Nevada still vulnerable as tourist downturn continues

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March 3, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Nevada still vulnerable as tourist downturn continues

Strip gaming executives can put their best spin on the numbers, but local tourism indicators remain a major concern. Casino operators seeking to draw more people through the door still have much work to do.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board released January gaming numbers Friday. The news was underwhelming. The state gaming win was down 6.6 percent from a year earlier. The Strip took the largest hit, an 11 percent drop. But the gloomy returns were spread throughout Clark County: Downtown Las Vegas was off 5.2 percent, Laughlin suffered a 3.3 percent decline and the Boulder Strip dipped by 7 percent.

For the current fiscal year, gaming tax collections are up a paltry
2.1 percent, below budget projections.

The red flags include more than gaming numbers. Recently released figures for 2025 reveal that visitation to Las Vegas fell nearly 8 percent from 2024, which represented the lowest total since the pandemic in 2021. Traffic at Reid International Airport fell more than 10 percent in December and was down 6 percent for the year. Strip occupancy rates fell 3 percent in 2025.

To be fair, this is not just a Las Vegas problem. International travel to the United States was down
4.8 percent in January, Forbes reported, the ninth straight month of decline. Travel from Europe fell 5.2 percent, and passenger counts from Asia fell 7.5 percent. Canadian tourism cratered by 22 percent.

No doubt that President Donald Trump’s blustery rhetoric has played a role in the decline, but there’s more at work. International tourism has been largely flat since Barack Obama’s last few years in office. But domestic travel has held relatively steady although it is “starting to cool,” according to the U.S. Travel Association. Las Vegas hasn’t been helped by high-profile complaints last year about exorbitant Strip prices for parking, bottled water and other staples. Casino operators responded by offering discounts, particularly for locals, and they’ll need to continue those policies into 2026.

The tourism downturn has ramifications for the state budget, which relies primarily on sales and gaming tax revenues to support spending plans. “Nevada’s employment and economic challenges reflect deep structural factors that extend beyond cyclical economic fluctuations,” noted a recent report by economic analyst John Restrepo. “The state’s extreme concentration in tourism and gaming creates unique vulnerabilities.”

The irony is that state and local politicians have been talking for the past half century about “diversifying” the state economy. In recent years, that effort has primarily consisted of handing out millions in tax breaks and other incentives to attract businesses to the state. A dispassionate observer might ask whether that approach has brought an adequate return on investment.

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