Local officials in Washoe County, Nevada, voted Tuesday against certifying the results of two recounted primary races after a prominent election denier claimed the results were fraudulent and demanded hand counts of the results.
Robert Beadles, a supporter of former President Donald Trump who has promoted election conspiracy theories, spent $150,000 to recount three local races in Washoe County’s June primary. One candidate later withdrew the request for a recount, but officials spent days re-tabulating the thousands of votes cast and found a two-vote difference — one vote in each race — that had no effect on the significant margins of victory in the two remaining races.
The three Republican commissioners on the Washoe County board voted against certifying the two primaries — for a nonpartisan school board position and a Republican county commissioner position — while the two Democrats voted in favor.
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