A district court judge approved a motion to dismiss the fake electors case, pointing to issues with jurisdiction.
Election 2020
An appeals court has halted the case against Donald Trump and others while it reviews a lower court judge’s ruling allowing Fani Willis to remain on the case.
Attorneys for Nevada’s six Republican electors who submitted fake electoral documents in the aftermath of the 2020 election say the state withheld exonerating evidence from the grand jury.
The high court agreed to hear arguments in late April on whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election.
Attorneys for the six Republican electors who were indicted by a grand jury in December said the case should be dismissed because the alleged crimes did not take place in Clark County.
After being interrupted by a man shouting election conspiracy theories, Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria told media that the county will provide an update on election numbers on Thursday morning.
Five ballots questions up for vote Tuesday relate to the oversight of higher education, gay marriage, state pardons, voters’ rights and a reusable-energy mandate.
Preliminary election results in Clark County showed two incumbents in District Court trailing their opponents on Wednesday and another incumbent locked in a tight race.
Clark County voters were asked in the general election to choose between the incumbent or the challenger in two races in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas justice courts.
After coming just 24 votes shy of the mark in 2018, the possibility of a Democratic supermajority in the Nevada Legislature once again looms large down the ticket in the races for state Senate and Assembly.
Clark County voters in the general election were responsible for deciding 11 races in Family Court, where decisions are made about child custody and alimony.
Democrat Susie Lee led Republican Dan Rodimer by just 1.5 percent, with a little over 48 percent to Rodimer’s nearly 47.
Preliminary election results were posted around 3:30 a.m. for the Nevada State Board of Education’s District 1 seat and three seats on the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents.
More than 82,000 Clark County residents cast ballots on Election Day with mostly manageable lines and few problems, but a technology issue early in the day forced 30 voting locations to extend polling hours.
Republican Las Vegas City Councilman Stavros Anthony led slightly over Secretary of State Ross Miller early Wednesday morning.
District Judge Douglas Herndon was elected to the Nevada Supreme Court in a race against Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo, according to unofficial election results.
Preliminary results for the Clark County school board race released Tuesday saw board President Lola Brooks defending her seat, while Lisa Guzman, Katie Williams and Evelyn Garcia Morales took the lead in the three other races.
Democrats gained ground in the Senate late Tuesday as Republicans battled to defend competitive seats in a bruising battle in one of the most expensive elections in history.
President Donald Trump is vowing to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the inconclusive election.
He told a gathering of supporters that his hopes for victory remain high despite the uncertainty and cautioned them that it could take a day or longer to know who won.
