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Did Republicans switch votes to Trump in Nevada in the 2024 election?

By Eric Neugeboren on 01/17/2025

NO


Claims that there were impossibly high percentages of votes for President-elect Donald Trump processed through certain Clark County tabulation machines can be explained by the votes originating in Republican-heavy precincts. 

A viral Reddit post accused Republicans of using “advanced technology” to switch early votes cast for Vice President Kamala Harris in Nevada to Trump during the tabulation stage of the counting process.

The post did not offer evidence beyond an analysis showing certain tabulation machines — particularly ones that processed a higher number of ballots — had high shares of Trump votes.

However, The Nevada Independent found most of these machines counted votes from Republican-leaning areas.

The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office said the post “features many inaccurate interpretations of the publicly available data” and does not “take common election administration factors into account.” 

Officials routinely test tabulation machines and must stop using a machine if an error has been identified.

See a full discussion of this here.

Sources:

Nevada Secretary of State Voting Systems

DocumentCloud Nevada Secretary of State statement

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