{"id":545,"date":"2024-04-18T18:33:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T18:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pigpenproject.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2024-04-18T18:33:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T18:33:14","slug":"gop-election-official-surprised-by-gop-lawsuit-amid-cleanup-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pigpenproject.com\/blog\/gop-election-official-surprised-by-gop-lawsuit-amid-cleanup-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Election Official Surprised by GOP Lawsuit Amid Cleanup Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Chuck Muth)<\/em> \u2013Matt Vasilogambros of Stateline.org published a report<\/a> last week on voter integrity projects around the country that are focused on cleaning up the voter rolls.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an excerpt related to Nevada – and how the GOP is actually hurting clean-up efforts here\u2026<\/p>\n

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When Scott Hoen ran to be Carson City, Nevada\u2019s chief election official two years ago, he campaigned on \u201celection integrity,\u201d promising to make sure voter registration lists were accurate.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the chaotic aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, he believed that too many of his fellow Republicans were convinced that there was widespread voter fraud. By keeping voter rolls current, Hoen thought he could restore voter trust in his county\u2019s election system.<\/em><\/p>\n

He won. And every day since he took office, he and his staff have tried to keep that focus, using data from all levels of government to remove voters who have moved or died from the active voter list.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hoen was surprised, then, to be named in a lawsuit the Republican National Committee and the Nevada Republican Party filed last month against him, four other Nevada county clerks and the secretary of state. <\/em><\/p>\n

The lawsuit alleges that five localities had \u201cinordinately high\u201d voter registration rates, and that the state is violating federal law by not having what are known as \u201cclean\u201d voter rolls.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hoen said the lawsuit is \u201cunfortunate\u201d and \u201ca distraction\u201d in a pivotal election year. The state responded by saying the data Republicans used in the lawsuit are \u201chighly flawed\u201d and that the RNC\u2019s analysis was like \u201ccomparing apples to orangutans.\u201d \u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWho knows where they got their numbers. But they didn\u2019t consult me or ask me, or no one\u2019s talked to me about what we do with voter roll maintenance,\u201d Hoen said of the lawsuit in an interview with Stateline. \u201cWe do everything we can, per the law, to keep our voter rolls as plain as possible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Pigpen Project has gotten nothing but help and assistance from Mr. Hoen in our efforts to clean up the voter rolls. Whenever we\u2019ve had questions or needed advice, he\u2019s been there for us.<\/p>\n

The GOP might try actually communicating with him and his office before flying off the handle.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, here\u2019s a quick update on the Pigpen Project\u2019s efforts\u2026<\/p>\n