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Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske speaks during a news conference in Las Vegas on Oct. 18, 2016. (Photo: Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, file)

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Nevada Republicans seek probe of Proud Boys' ties to Cegavske vote

Republicans in Nevada are calling for an investigation into a vote last month to censure the GOP secretary of state after allegations emerged that the balloting was swayed by activists with ties to the far-right Proud Boys extremist group.

• By By Michelle L. Price Associated Press
• May 25, 2021

Nevada GOP censures Republican Cegavske over election

Nevada's Republican Party voted to censure the secretary of state, accusing her of failing to fully investigate allegations of fraud in the 2020 election. She says there was no widespread fraud and that her own party is attacking her for refusing to "put my thumb on the scale of democracy."

• April 12, 2021