<p>Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar reported on September 5, 2026, that his office received seven subpoenas from the Justice Department related to voter issues over the past three months. Aguilar accused the Trump administration of overwhelming election offices with demands ahead of the upcoming November elections.</p>
<p>Aguilar stated, "The right to vote is written clearly in the constitution, and we cannot take that right away without the highest confidence of a person’s ineligibility." He expressed concerns about the federal administration's actions, claiming they are making broad allegations of election fraud before completing investigations.</p>
<p>Aguilar emphasized the commitment to ensuring a safe, secure, and transparent election in Nevada. It remains unclear if other states have received similar subpoenas.</p>
<p>The Nevada Independent previously reported that the subpoenas were characterized as being from the FBI, but the specific records sought were not disclosed.</p>
<p>This development follows a recent civil case in which the DOJ sought Nevada’s unredacted voter-registration list, which includes sensitive personal information. The DOJ has faced challenges in similar cases across 29 states, losing in 23 instances thus far.</p>
<p>U.S. District Judge Anne Traum dismissed the DOJ's request for the voter-registration list, ruling that Nevada is not required to provide it under the Civil Rights Act of 1960. The DOJ has appealed this decision.</p>
<p>Aguilar previously described the DOJ's request for voter information as an attempt to intimidate state officials into surrendering protected data. The DOJ has stated that its requests aim to assess Nevada's compliance with federal voter-list maintenance laws.</p>
<p>Nevada has also contested claims made by former President Donald Trump regarding noncitizen voter registrations, with Homeland Security officials identifying only 185 potential noncitizens registered in the state.</p>
<p>The subpoenas place Nevada among other battleground states where the FBI has sought election-related records this year. In January, the FBI seized over 600 boxes of ballots and election records from Fulton County, Georgia, as part of an investigation into the 2020 election. A federal judge later upheld the FBI's right to retain these materials.</p>
<p>In March, the FBI issued a grand jury subpoena for records related to the Arizona Senate’s review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.</p>
<p>The Washington Examiner contacted representatives from the DOJ and the FBI for comment.</p>