Aguilar has vowed to add protections for poll workers and to restore public trust in elections that was damaged by false claims of voter fraud
, including by his election-denying opponent. He will replace Barbara Cegavske, the only current statewide-elected Republican and one of the GOP’s most vocal critics of conspiracy theories that have fueled unfounded distrust in voting machines.
Cegavske has overseen elections in Nevada since 2014 and has repeatedly upheld the results as reliable and accurate despite attacks from former President Donald Trump and other Republicans – which led the state party to censure her. Her investigation found no credible evidence of widespread voter fraud in Nevada in 2020.
Aguilar said in an interview in early November that one of his first priorities in office will be to make it a felony to harass election workers and volunteers. Like many election conspiracy theorists, Marchant eschewed the trappings of a typical campaign, holding few public events open to reporters. Marchant and his fellow deniers were supported by deep-pocketed businessmen who spent tens of millions of dollars on grassroots groups, documentary-style movies and other media pushing the theory that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
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