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Military voters fear they're part of unsupported fraud claim

In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend in St. Louis.
Associated Press

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, elected Democrat Joe Bi- vided to The Associated found 157 voters who listed same move they did from
MICHAEL BALSAMO and den the next president. Press included a 62-page a military base post office, North Las Vegas to their
ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Still, lawyers from Trump's chart enumerating each according to staff attorney new zip code in Germany.
Associated Press campaign sent a letter to voter but the listing did not Nikki Levy, meaning they “It’s a little disheartening
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some Attorney General William include the name, address likely voted legally under that this process that’s in
military voters are con- Barr alleging they had un- or party affiliation. Instead, added protections in fed- place for people like my
cerned they have been covered what they de- it listed voters by the coun- eral law allowing absentee family, to be able to ex-
thrust into the center of scribed as "criminal voter ty, city, state and zip code voting for military members ercise their right to vote, is
unsubstantiated fraud fraud" in Nevada. They said they moved from, and the and their families. being questioned,” Mattes
claims by President Donald they had identified 3,062 city, state and nine-digit zip It’s hard to know offhand said, adding, “That’s a
Trump's campaign that sev- people who "improperly" code they moved to. The how many military families pretty broad brush to be
eral thousand people may cast mail ballots in Clark full nine-digit zip code can are on the Trump cam- painting with for something
have improperly voted in County, a Democrat- narrow an address down paign list because not all that’s this important.”
Nevada. heavy area that includes to a particular segment of service members use their Her comments were ech-
There is no evidence of Las Vegas and about 75% a few blocks or even one base post office as their oed by other military fami-
widespread fraud in the of the state's population. side of a street, according address, Levy said. lies who had the same con-
2020 election despite Those people were identi- to the U.S. Postal Service. Rebekah Mattes, a civil cerns. Some cited security
Trump's claims. Election of- fied by "cross-referencing Voting rights activists say servant who now lives in worries about having de-
ficials from both political the names and addresses hundreds of people on the Stuttgart, Germany, said tails about their past resi-
parties have stated publicly of voters with the National list appear to be linked to she believes she found her- dences and their new nine-
that the election went well Change of Address data- the U.S. military. The Ameri- self and her husband, who digit zip codes being linked
and international observ- base," according to the let- can Civil Liberties Union of is in the Air Force, on the and released.
ers confirmed there were ter. Nevada, which is doing list because it includes only
no serious irregularities that A copy of the letter pro- election protection work, two voters who made the Continued on Next Page