LAS VEGAS (TNVCNews)- In a case that has dragged on for more than five years since the contentious 2020 election, Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus has once again postponed a decision on whether to dismiss charges against six Nevada Republicans accused of signing alternate electoral certificates. The hearing on April 10, 2026, ended without resolution, with the judge stating the matter is “close” and she needs additional time to review evidence. A follow-up hearing is now scheduled for June 26, 2026, to determine if the case dies or heads to a Clark County jury.
The six patriots — who served as alternate electors — signed certificates on December 14, 2020, in Carson City as a contingency plan, should ongoing litigation or legislative action have overturned Joe Biden’s certified win in Nevada. Defense attorneys argue these documents were transparently not official: they lacked the Secretary of State’s signature and the state seal. They were filed as a protest and backup, fully protected by the First Amendment, not an attempt at forgery or fraud. “Nothing fits, because there is not falsity or forgery,” defense counsel Maggie McLetchie told the court, calling the state’s effort to criminalize political disagreement a square peg in a round hole.
Prosecutors from the Attorney General’s office insist the act of mailing the documents crossed into criminal conduct, claiming intent to deceive. Yet even Judge Holthus has expressed skepticism, noting it would have been “impossible” for these certificates to actually change the 2020 outcome or that the signers believed they could “pull one over” on the system. The judge has previously wrestled with the intent-to-defraud element required under the charges of offering a false instrument and uttering a forged instrument.
Here’s the deeper truth that should concern every pro-America, rule-of-law Nevadan: This case reeks of selective prosecution. While Democrats and their allies spent years pushing every legal and extra-legal lever to challenge the 2016 election and undermine President Trump, similar alternate elector strategies in other contexts rarely faced such relentless pursuit. Nevada tried — and failed — to pass new laws in 2023 and 2025 that would have explicitly criminalized such actions, only to see them vetoed by Governor Joe Lombardo. The charges rely on stretching existing statutes in ways that appear designed more to punish Trump supporters and chill future dissent than to protect election integrity.
For faith-based, pro-family conservatives who believe in fair play and constitutional safeguards, this delay raises legitimate questions. If the case were truly “clear cut” as critics claim, why the repeated venue battles, Supreme Court interventions, and now further hesitation from the bench? Why push forward in deep-blue Clark County, where a jury pool may lean heavily against Republican voices? True justice demands swift, impartial resolution — not a slow-motion spectacle that keeps good Americans under a legal cloud while the real threats to our republic, like unsecured borders and eroded trust in elections, go unaddressed.
These six individuals acted out of deep concern for the integrity of the vote in a state plagued by questions in 2020. They deserve their day in court without the appearance of political weaponization. As Constitutionalists, we affirm that peaceful protest, contingency planning within legal bounds, and robust debate are cornerstones of our Republic — the world’s last, best hope for liberty.
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