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Tuesday, May. 10, 2022

Were signature verification machines in Clark County, Nevada unable to accurately confirm ballot signatures during the 2020 election?

Kristyn Leonard, The Nevada Independent
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Nevada Republicans filed a lawsuit in November 2020 seeking to stop the use of an allegedly faulty signature verification machine for mail ballots in Clark County, but the request was denied by a federal judge.

Federal Judge Andrew Gordon said there was “little to no evidence that the machine is not doing what it's supposed to do and incorrectly verifying other signatures.”

While many have continued to claim that signatures were not accurately confirmed, a report by Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske found no “evidentiary support for the contention that the 2020 general election was plagued by widespread voter fraud.”

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