Justice Department Has Issued Subpoenas for Nevada Voter Data, State’s Elections Chief Says
Nevada officials received seven FBI subpoenas and a DHS demand for voter rolls as federal investigators pursue claims of voter fraud.
- On Friday, the office of Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar confirmed receiving seven voter-related DOJ subpoenas from the FBI over the last three months. Aguilar, a Democrat, criticized the administration for inundating election offices with investigations ahead of the midterms.
- The Department of Homeland Security this week began a surge to investigate voter fraud in nine states, including Nevada, after DHS claimed an audit identified 16,000 registered noncitizens in the state among more than 250,000 nationwide.
- Internal records reviewed by CNN show the department 'confirmed' just 185 of those noncitizen cases, while 6,200 were labeled 'higher confidence matches' requiring further vetting; U.S. Attorney Sigal Chatta oversaw the Nevada request.
- Separately, the administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to grant the Postal Service power to withhold mail ballots, setting up a showdown less than two months before the midterms.
- These efforts to demand private voter information across the country coincide with President Donald Trump's ongoing, unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election against Joe Biden was rigged, with less than 60 days remaining before the midterms.
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Five Questions with Nevada Secretary of State Francisco “Cisco” Aguilar
On July 17, 2026, DHS sent a letter to Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, demanding the state’s voter rolls. The federal government claimed almost 16,000 non-citizens were registered to vote.What happened next was iconic. Aguilar pushed back. He told the Feds to prove it, challenging them to provide evidence to substantiate their claims. “We want to better understand your claims that thousands of alleged noncitizens are on Nevada’s voter r…
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NYT: The Justice Department has subpoenaed the Nevada secretary of state for voter information, according to a person familiar with the operation, at a time when the government is rapidly escalating efforts to prove President Trump’s baseless claims of… Continue reading The post “Justice Department Issues Subpoenas for Voter Data in Nevada” appeared first on Election Law Blog.
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