Taxpayer-Funded Texts: Is Nevada’s Secretary of State Politically Biased?

(Robin Titus) – The Secretary of State is using taxpayer money to send Get Out the Vote (GOTV) turnout text messages to young, registered voters aged 18 to 24 with no history of voting and put their cell phone number on their voter registration form.

A copy of the announcement can be found here.

A national poll conducted by the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School from September 4th – 16th found Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump 64 percent to 32 percent among Generation Z likely voters.

Clearly young voters aged 18 to 24-years-old give a commanding advantage to Vice President Harris and every Democratic Party candidate all the way down the ticket.

So, why is the Secretary of State using taxpayer money to solely turnout this demographic that gives clear partisan strategic advantage to one party cloaked as “civic participation” and how many of them are there?

After reviewing the voter file, there are 47,070 records that match this criterion.

In 2022, Governor Joe Lombardo beat former Governor Steve Sisolak by 15,386 votes and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto bested former Attorney General Adam Laxalt by 7,928 votes. In the perennial battleground of Nevada, every vote matters.

It is my opinion that Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar is taking a partisan position. Is it really the role of the Secretary of State’s office to use taxpayer money to turnout their party’s most advantageous generational demographic?

The answer is an unequivocal no. Nevada’s taxpayers’ dollars should be utilized for safe transparent elections in the Silver State and not campaigning.

Robin L Titus, MD

Robin Titus serves as the Nevada Senate Republican Leader and has previously served as the Assembly Republican Leader for two cycles. She is a fourth-generation Nevadan and 40-year family practice physician. She lives in Wellington, Nevada and is the Lyon County Health Officer.

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