National study shows an increase in in-person voting and slight decrease in mail-in voting--Nevada follows suit

Nevada Controller Andy Matthews announced Wednesday he will seek re-election in 2026. Matthews, a Republican, was first elected to the seat in 2022. He is a former Nevada assemblyman who represented District 37 and served as president of the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

As the 8 News Now Investigators first reported, a Las Vegas man who voted twice in the 2020 election with his deceased wife’s ballot was able to withdraw his plea on a felony charge and instead pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor as part of a plea deal where he avoided jail time and had to pay a $2,000 fine.

Ronnie Williams, a former Minnesota resident, pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent voter registration forms in Minnesota in 2021 and 2022, and is scheduled to be sentenced at a later date.