A conservative organization dropped legal challenges it had filed attempting to force four Nevada counties to address its claims that voter rolls in those counties may have included thousands who had moved out of the area.
Citizen Outreach Foundation filed lawsuits last month in Carson City, Clark, Storey and Washoe counties asking the courts to order the counties to process the group’s challenges of suspected ineligible voters.
On Friday, Chuck Muth, president of the Citizen Outreach Foundation dropped the suits after what he called “nitpicking” objections over certain wording and on whether the group’s challenges needed to be notarized.
The lawsuits were among several filed against Nevada in the lead-up to the November 2024 election. The Republican National Committee and other Republican groups have also filed lawsuits challenging the state’s election laws, from its mail ballot processes to its voter roll cleanup procedures. Other lawsuits so far haven’t had success, though none of the cases have officially closed yet. Some are in administrative steps with the court before final dismissal or are waiting appeal.
‘Pigpen Project’
Muth and his group sent multiple citizen-based challenges to counties across the state as part of its “Pigpen Project” that launched in January 2023 with the goal of identifying ineligible voters on Nevada’s voter rolls and working with counties to remove them. The group cross-referenced U.S. Postal Service change of address data and found registrations of people the group thinks has moved away.
Muth said there was no way the issue in his group’s lawsuits could have been resolved before people started sending back their mail ballots, which has already begun. Muth refiled new challenges to the Clark County clerk alleging that ineligible voters remain on the voter rolls, and he said he plans to push for changes to the laws during the next legislative session.
Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar called the voluntary dismissal a “victory for Nevada.” He described the lawsuits as “meritless challenges to our voter rolls” that affected military members and their families who are overseas.
“No eligible voter should be subject to suspicion or confusion about their voter status,” Aguilar said in a statement. “That’s especially true when the challenges do not meet the standards of either Nevada or federal law.”
Muth said the state raised technical issues with the challenges he filed, and he criticized the secretary of state for calling them meritless.
“For him to say they were meritless challenges is pure BS,” he said. “There is merit to them, and if he wanted to work with us, we could have had this cleaned up a long time ago.”
New challenges filed
Under a new section of the law, Muth refiled new challenges that will address the objections the state made. They will also screen out any addresses of potential voters who could be overseas from their list of challenges, which Muth said made up about a dozen of 30,000 challenges.
The state had said the challenges needed to be notarized. Muth does not know if that’s necessary, but he may have the challenges notarized this time.
Aguilar said there are multiple systems in place to ensure every eligible Nevada voter, and only eligible voters, can cast a ballot.
“I want all Nevadans to rest assured that our elections remain accurate and secure, and that every eligible voter’s voice will be heard,” Aguilar said.
Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford said in a statement he is pleased the lawsuits were voluntarily dismissed.
“These frivolous lawsuits are both a waste of time and an assault on Nevadans’ democratic rights,” Ford said. “State and federal law prevent vigilante voter roll maintenance this close to Election Day.”
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Mojave (Nev.) head football coach Wes Pacheco announced on Sunday morning that he’s stepping down from his position, according to a social media post.
Pacheco announced his resignation after six seasons at the helm of the Rattlers, putting together a 29-22 overall record from 2020-2025.
“I have officially stepped down as Head Coach of the Mojave Football Program,” Pacheco said in his social media post. “Thank you to Principal Cole for giving me the opoortunity make an impact on the lives of Mojave Student-Athletes. I am grateful and blessed to have labored through a 6-year journey of successes, failures, life lessons, character building and growth with the student-athletes myself and my coaching staff have served. I will forever love my Mojave Family, the Mojave Community and believe in the notion that SUCCESS can be attained by showcasing character, treating everyone with respect, and always have the courage to dream big and trust that “ATTACKING THE HARD WORK” & “HIGH MOTORING EVERYTHING” can yield SUCCESS that you want to achieve in life!”
During Pacheco’s half dozen seasons leading Mojave, his best record came in the 2024 season when the Rattlers finished with a 12-1 record. Located out of North Las Vegas, Mojave had to compete against the likes of national high school football powerhouse Bishop Gorman during the regular season.
Mojave ended the last season with a 4-6 record and as the state’s No. 23rd ranked team, according to the final 2025 Nevada High School Football Massey Rankings.
Mojave High School, located in North Las Vegas, NV, is a dynamic public high school that fosters academic excellence, personal growth, and community involvement. Home of the Rattlers, MHS offers a wide range of academic programs, athletics, and extracurricular activities. With a strong commitment to student success, Mojave emphasizes leadership, college and career readiness, and a supportive school culture that prepares students for life beyond graduation.
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A recent Review-Journal letter to the editor mischaracterized Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, also known as the Clark County Lands bill. As the former executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, I wholeheartedly support this legislation, so I wanted to set the record straight.
Sen. Cortez Masto has been working on this bill for years in partnership with state and local governments, conservation groups like the NCL and local area tribes. It’s true that the Clark County lands bill would open 25,000 acres to help Las Vegas grow responsibly, while setting aside 2 million acres for conservation. It would also help create more affordable housing throughout the valley while ensuring our treasured public spaces can be preserved for generations to come.
What is not correct is that the money from these land sales would go to the federal government’s coffers. In fact, the opposite is true.
The 1998 Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act is a landmark bill that identified specific public land for future sale and created a special account ensuring all land sale revenues would come back to Nevada. In accordance with that law 5 percent of revenue from land transfers goes to the state of Nevada for general education purposes, 10 percent goes to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for needed water infrastructure and 85 percent supports conservation and environmental mitigation projects in Southern Nevada. This legislation has provided billions to Clark County and will continue to benefit generations of Southern Nevadans. Sen. Cortez Masto’s lands bill builds upon the act’s success.
So here’s the good news: All of the money generated from land made available for sale under Sen. Cortez Masto’s bill would be sent to the special account created by the 1998 law. Rather than going to an unaccountable federal government, the proceeds would continue to help kids in Vegas get a better education, bolster outdoor recreation and modernize Southern Nevada’s infrastructure.
I know how important it is that money generated from the sale of public land in Nevada stay in the hands of Nevadans, and so does the senator. That’s why she opposed a Republican effort last year to sell off 200,000 acres of land in Clark County and other areas of the country that would have sent those dollars directly to Washington.
Public land management in Nevada should benefit Nevadans. We should protect sacred cultural sites and beloved recreation spaces, responsibly transfer land for affordable housing when needed and ensure our state has the resources it needs to grow sustainably. I will continue working with Sen. Cortez Masto to advocate for legislation, such as the Clark County lands bill, that puts the needs of Nevadans first.
Paul Selberg writes from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas High’s baseball team claimed a 3-2 home win over Coronado on Friday.
Las Vegas (9-13-1) next hosts Rancho at 10 a.m. Saturday. Coronado (13-14) hosts Chaparral at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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