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    February 10, 2023

    Judith Whitmer
    Chair, Nevada State Democratic Party
    2310 Paseo del Prado, Suite A120
    Las Vegas, Nevada 89102

    Re: Ongoing concerns regarding integrity and transparency of Nevada State


    Democratic Party elections

    Dear Chair Whitmer:

    We write as members of the Nevada State Democratic Central Committee (the “State
    Central Committee”) to express our continued concerns regarding the election
    procedures being utilized by the Nevada State Democratic Party (the “NSDP”). As
    outlined below, the procedures and surrounding actions raise serious concerns regarding
    the impartiality and validity of the upcoming election. Immediate action is required to
    ensure a truly democratic election takes place.

    At the Monday, January 30th meeting of the State Central Committee’s Executive
    Committee (the “E-Board”), the E-Board voted to adopt certain procedures for
    conducting NSDP elections electronically. You also appointed a committee of three
    individuals to oversee these procedures. However, the proposed election procedures
    would violate multiple provisions of the NSDP Charter and Bylaws.

    Furthermore, the official roster of State Central Committee members subsequently


    published by the NSDP – on the day that the candidate filing period ended – inexplicably
    removed hundreds of members from the membership roster. Finally, current NSDP
    leadership is currently using NSDP resources to promote their reelection campaigns,
    raising serious concerns regarding the impartiality of the election process.

    1. Hundreds of members appear to have been removed from the State Central
    Committee roster with no notice or explanation.

    On Wednesday, February 8th – the day that the filing period for NSDP officer candidates
    ended – the NSDP published a document titled “2022-2024 State Central Committee (As
    of 12/4/2022).” This document omitted the names of hundreds of individuals who were
    members in good standing of the State Central Committee as of the end of 2022. Without
    transparent access to SCC meeting attendance records, there is no way for independent
    verification of whether members in good standing were improperly removed. Without
    any NSDP communication even attempting to provide notices of warning or removal to
    SCC members, this raises even more questions.

    Pursuant to the NSDP Charter and Bylaws, candidates for NSDP office must immediately
    be provided attendance information from the 2022 State Convention and past two State
    Central Committee meetings, as well as evidence that all members received notice of the
    meetings held in September 2022 and December 2022.

    The failure to provide this information despite our previous request raises serious
    concerns, given that more than 230 members of the State Central Committee have
    suddenly been removed from the membership roster just as the candidate filing period
    ended. This purge of roughly 40 percent of the State Central Committee membership as
    of the end of last year – following repeated failures to properly deliver meeting
    registration information to members, and just a few weeks before the NDSP officer
    elections are scheduled to take place – is deeply alarming and raises serious doubts about
    the integrity of the upcoming election.

    2. The procedures approved by the E-Board fail to address past issues with
    electronic voting in NSDP elections.

    The election procedures themselves also violate the NSDP Charter and Bylaws, which
    provide that electronic participation in NSDP meetings and elections must be “subject to
    the adoption by the SCC of appropriate rules and procedures to ensure fair and maximum
    participation.” Article III, Section 4, Bylaw D, Subsection vi. In our previous letter, we
    noted that there have been numerous instances of deliverability issues with the email
    voting system used by the NSDP, resulting in State Central Committee members not
    receiving the emails necessary for them to cast their votes. These issues have directly
    resulted in the disenfranchisement of State Central Committee members.

    The proposed procedures provide only that “[t]he election shall be conducted by
    non-secret, digitally-signed ballot, with the validity of each vote verified by name and
    electronic credentialing or declared void,” without providing any additional detail. In
    particular, the procedures fail to provide any information regarding the type of electronic
    voting system being used, how ballots will be digitally signed, how ballots will be
    tracked and counted, how individual votes will be made public, or how deliverability
    issues will be avoided. The proposed procedures therefore fail to ensure fair and
    maximum participation, in violation of the Charter and Bylaws.

    3. The proposed election procedures fail to lay out how the election will comply
    with provisions of the NSDP and DNC bylaws prohibiting secret ballots.

    As we noted in our previous letter, the Bylaws of both the NSDP and DNC explicitly
    require that votes may not be taken by secret ballot. The proposed procedures reference
    non-secret voting, but fail to set forth how the NSDP will make public which State
    Central Committee members cast a vote and for whom.

    In order to ensure transparency, we demand that at a minimum all NSDP candidates or


    their representatives must have the ability to observe original records in real time that
    show how ballots are being cast – including who is voting, and who their votes are being
    cast for.

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    4. NSDP officers are currently using NSDP resources to promote their own
    reelection.

    In the last week, current NSDP officers have used a wide array of NSDP resources –
    including the official NSDP Twitter account 1, official NSDP email list 2, and official
    NSDP press releases 3 – to promote their own reelection.

    This is a blatant conflict of interest and misuse of party resources.

    The misuse of resources by NSDP officers not only undermines the impartial
    administration of the upcoming elections, but also undermines confidence among both
    State Central Committee members and the public regarding the integrity of the NSDP as
    an institution.

    These actions constitute direct violations of the NSDP’s Charter and Bylaws, and
    raise serious questions regarding the integrity of upcoming NSDP elections. We
    therefore demand that: (1) all candidates for NSDP office immediately be provided
    with detailed attendance information from the 2022 NSDP State Convention and
    past two State Central Committee meetings; (2) new election procedures be drafted
    that comply with the NSDP and DNC Charter and Bylaws; and (3) NSDP officers
    immediately cease using NSDP resources to promote their own campaigns.

    We further request that DNC lawyers or their legal representatives be present to


    observe the election and counting process, in order to address these concerns
    regarding the integrity and transparency of NSDP elections.

    Sincerely,

    Jessica Adair
    Sam Barrett
    Travis Brock
    Bonnie Brown
    Paul Catha
    Austin Daly
    Gabriela Everrett
    Martin Fitzgerald
    Kelly Fitzpatick
    Chris Giunchigliani
    Linda Harlow
    Zoe Houghton
    Mikey Kelly

    1
    https://twitter.com/nvdems/status/1623792355454357505.
    2
    https://mailchi.mp/nvdems/nv-dems-sotu-watch-party-invites-15803010.
    3
    https://twitter.com/nvdems/status/1623792351809519616.

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    Zack Khan
    Matt Kimball
    Carol Little
    Deborah Lomando
    Danna Lovell
    Nohely Mariscal
    Marty McGarry
    Courtney McKimmey
    Chris Miller
    Francisco Morales
    Andres Orellana
    Reeves Oyster
    Mark Riffenburg
    Cris Romero
    Vince Saavedra
    Julia Salas
    Andrew Sierra
    Paul Smith
    Izack Tenorio
    Taylor Thompson
    Marla Turner
    Dennis Walters
    Kristee Watson
    Jennifer Wegmann-Gabb
    Donna West
    Chelsey Winninger
    Yusuf Wyatt

    Members, State Central Committee

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