How do you convince voters to pay attention to the race for secretary of state, a historically mostly low-profile administrative office that oversees how elections are conducted?
It’s not merely a theoretical question for several secretary of state candidates in the U.S. this year, who are running against election deniers who want to win the office to influence the outcome of the 2024 Presidential election.
Democrat Cisco Aguilar is running against Republican Jim Marchant, an ardent election denier whose campaign is based on conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen by a global “cabal” that controls election workers, elected officials, judges of both parties, and the manufacturers of electronic voting machines.
In addition to calling out Marchant’s baseless allegations, Aguilar also hopes connect the importance of free and fair elections to the economy, education and other “kitchen table issues.”
While people should be able to vote out officials who don’t reflect their positions or carry out their vision, Aguilar warned if Marchant wins it would diminish people’s access to the ballot box, along with their ability to make their voices heard.
“Right now we have an opportunity to elect someone who will continue voter confidence or we could have someone who will tear down the system because they don’t like it and it hasn’t benefited them,” Aguilar said. “All Nevadans will suffer because of him. Republicans. Nonpartisan. Democrats. Because there will be no voter...
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