FILE - Former Nevada Assemblyman Jim Marchant addresses a crowd in front of the Nevada Capitol, Thursday March 4, 2021, in Carson, City, Nev., where the Nevada GOP delivered what they described as 120,000 "election integrity violations reports" alleging widespread voter fraud during the 2020 election. Of the seven Republicans running to oversee elections in this political battleground state, Marchant stands out for his full-throated embrace of conspiracy theories and lies about the 2020 election and his promises to toss out voting machines. (Ricardo Torres-Cortez/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File) The Associated Press
RENO, Nevada (AP) — Jim Marchant has been traveling the country repeating the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump and trying to make the case that electronic voting equipment should be tossed out in favor of ballots cast and counted by hand.
Now the businessman and former state lawmaker is on the primary ballot Tuesday in Nevada, a perennial presidential battleground state. His goal: become the state's top election official.
Marchant is one of several Republicans across the country running to oversee the next presidential election while denying the outcome of the last one.
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