A legal challenge to a new Nevada law that criminalizes attempting to influence election officials has been turned away. U.S. District Judge Cristina Silva dismissed the lawsuit, which had been filed against Nevada Senate Bill 406.
In an amendment to existing law, the bill states that it’s illegal for people to use or threaten to use intimidation or undue influence “with the intent to interfere with the performance of any elections official” or “retaliate against any elections official.”
A group of Nevada residents sued over the bill, which was signed into law in 2023 by Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican. The residents argued that because the law does not define who an election official is, the description can include election observers, or members of the public who are allowed by law to observe voting at polling places….
