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In a Nevada county, election conspiracies sow deep distrust

Signs for Nye county clerk candidate Mark Kampf hang along a road July 18, 2022, in Pahrump, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher) Jim Marchant, center, the GOP nominee for secretary of state in Nevada, speaks with people at a political event July 16, 2022, in Pahrump, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher) Homes cover a hillside Monday, July 18, 2022, in Tonopah, Nev., the county seat of Nye County. The county is the country's third largest by area. (AP Photo/John Locher) People walk through a historic cemetery in the county seat of Nye County, July 18, 2022, in Tonopah, Nev. The resignation of a county elections clerk in the rural county in Nevada has opened a window on the consequences of unfounded conspiracy theories and raised questions about how local elections will be run when they are overseen by people who don't trust the process. (AP Photo/John Locher) People walk along the main drag in the county seat of Nye county, Monday, July 18, 2022, in Tonopah, Nev. The resignation of a county elections clerk in the rural county in Nevada has opened a window on the consequences of unfounded conspiracy theories and raised questions about how local elections will be run when they are overseen by people who don't trust the process. (AP Photo/John Locher) Nye County Clerk Sam Merlino stands outside of her office, Monday, July 18, 2022, in Tonopah, Nev. Merlino is stepping down from the position, leaving the administration of elections in a county the size of New Hampshire to a new clerk. (AP Photo/John Locher) A map of Nye County commissioner districts and voting precincts hangs in the office of Nye County Clerk Sam Merlino, Monday, July 18, 2022, in Tonopah, Nev. Merlino is stepping down from the position, leaving the administration of elections in a county the size of New Hampshire to a new clerk. (AP Photo/John Locher) Nye County Clerk Sam Merlino works in her office, Monday, July 18, 2022, in Tonopah, Nev. Merlino is stepping down from the position, leaving the administration of elections in a county the size of New Hampshire to a new clerk. (AP Photo/John Locher)
In a Nevada county, election conspiracies sow deep distrust