No sign of fraud in Nevada voter signups

Despite rumors to the contrary, Nevada's top-ranked elections official said Thursday there is zero evidence of widespread, coordinated voter registration fraud in the state.

Secretary of State Ross Miller said he and his office have investigated rumors of intimidation, fraud and other wrongdoing and have yet to uncover evidence to support the claims.

Still, with the statewide registration deadline coming Tuesday, Miller urged anyone who wants to make sure they are properly registered to verify their registration on the secretary of state's website.

"Log on and confirm that in fact that you are registered," Miller said.

He did produce one registration form for a Democratic voter that had been destroyed, but he described it as an isolated incident as opposed to a trend.

In addition to countering allegations that interest groups are using registration drives to gather and destroy registration forms, Miller issued a warning shot to anyone who might seek to conduct widespread challenges at the polls based on computer-generated lists of foreclosed homes that could be used to show voters are ineligible.

Miller said people can only challenge others' eligibility at the polls within their own precinct and only if the challenger is also a registered voter.

The challenger also must have specific knowledge the person they are challenging is ineligible, the secretary of state said.

The restrictions are in place to prevent special interest groups from making baseless challenges en masse.

Republican spokesman Darren Littell declined to comment on the specifics of Miller's statements.

Nevada State Democratic spokesman Zach Hudson did not respond to a request for comment.

Contact reporter Benjamin Spillman at bspillman@ reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0285.