‘We Have to Punch Back’: Top Nevada Official Prepares For Possible Election Havoc From Trump
The state's top election official talks to TIME about how he's preparing for a midterm election like no other
Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar is preparing for potential election challenges from President Trump. The state has received seven voter-related subpoenas from the Department of Justice and is being investigated by the DOJ. Aguilar believes this election will be unlike any other in Nevada's history, expecting immigration agents to target polling locations and federal law enforcement attempting to seize ballots.
He has been planning for federal intervention since the start of the year and has prepared a legal filing that can be executed quickly if federal agents enter a polling location. Trump, in July, claimed to have identified 278,000 non-citizens registered to vote in federal elections, a number that has significantly decreased after Nevada's pushback.
Despite this, Aguilar's office is still awaiting more information from the Department of Homeland Security to properly analyze the data.
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