Key facts
- Aguilar's office has not found evidence that flagged individuals were noncitizens.
- It is illegal for noncitizens to vote in Nevada.
- The Justice Department has sued 30 states for voter data and lost 26 cases.
Nevada's top election official, Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, has been inundated with seven subpoenas from the Justice Department seeking voter information between June and September. Aguilar believes this federal pressure is a deliberate attempt to disrupt his reelection campaign and influence future elections. The subpoenas come after President Donald Trump claimed, without evidence, that noncitizens were widely registered to vote, citing a review that flagged Nevada. The Department of Homeland Security has also claimed a significant number of noncitizens are on Nevada's voter rolls, though Aguilar's office disputes the evidence provided. The federal actions are occurring in a key midterm battleground state where Aguilar is facing Republican challenger Jim Marchant, who also falsely claims the 2020 election was rigged. Aguilar stated that his office has found no evidence of widespread noncitizen voting and that it is illegal for noncitizens to vote in Nevada.