RNC alleges inconsistencies in Nevada's voter rolls, threatens lawsuit

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52% : Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, seen in February 2023 in Carson City.
52% : (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal)The Republican National Committee sent a letter Monday to Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, alleging inconsistencies in the state's voter registration numbers.
52% : "The Review-Journal compared the secretary of state's most recent voter registration numbers with estimated 2023 populations for Douglas, Lyon and Storey counties based on projected growth from 2021 according to World Population Review.
51% : The National Voter Registration Act prohibits routine list maintenance actions 90 days before an election, and the deadline for counties to do routine list maintenance ahead of the Feb. 8, 2024 presidential preference primary was Nov. 8, according to the secretary of state's office.
50% : The committee performed the analysis by comparing the secretary of state's most up-to-date registered active voter numbers with data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2021 citizen voting age population data, the letter says.
50% : On Monday the secretary of state's office released its most up-to-date voter registration numbers that showed a decrease of more than 21,000 active registered voters, a change made as county election officials identify inactive voters and update their voter rolls, according to the secretary of state's office.
45% : The organization is demanding the secretary of state address its concerns, or else it will proceed with a lawsuit.
41% : The RNC asked in the letter for the secretary of state to respond within 45 days and to correct the alleged violations within 90 days, or else the committee -- alongside the Nevada Republican Party and Scott Johnson, a registered Nevada voter -- will proceed with a lawsuit.
39% : There are exceptions to this, such as when voters request to have their registration canceled, or the Office of Vital Statistics sends the secretary of state's office a notice that a voter has died, according to the secretary of state's office.

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