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2020 results denier to oversee voting in rural Nevada county

Mark Kampf addresses the Nye County Commission on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in Pahrump, Nev. County Commissioners voted to appoint Kampf to replace a longtime election official who resigned over the county's plan to transition to counting ballots by hand, without electronic voting machines. (AP Photo/Samuel Metz)

Mark Kampf speaks to a supporter at the Nye County Commission meeting on July 19, 2022, in Pahrump, Nev. County Commissioners voted to appoint Kampf to replace a longtime election official who resigned over the county's plan to transition to counting ballots by hand, without electronic voting machines. (AP Photo/Samuel Metz)

Mark Kampf, the winner of the Republican Party primary in the Nye County clerk's race, speaks at an event on July 16, 2022, in Pahrump, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

From left, Nye County Commissioners Debra Strickland, Frank Carbone and Leo Blundo discuss appointing a new county clerk on July 19, 2022 in Pahrump, Nev. The resignation of a county elections clerk in a rural county in Nevada has opened a window into the long-term consequences of election conspiracy theories. Officials in Nye County have recommended scrapping voting machines in favor of hand-counting all ballots — which would be more than 20,000 in a typical general election.(AP Photo/Samuel Metz)

2020 results denier to oversee voting in rural Nevada county