By Frost McGahey, Investigative Journalist
The estimated population for Grant County in 2023 was 27,474. If the under 18 are taken out (22.9%)* that leaves 21,181adults. According to the Secretary of State website, there were 20,930 eligible voters. That’s 99% of adults.
Back in 2016, the percentage of registered adults was 62% in Grant County, but for the 2020 election, it skyrocketed to 97%. According to Pew Research:
“The elections of 2018, 2020, and 2022 were three of the highest-turnout U.S. elections of their respective types in decades. About two-thirds (66%) of the voting –eligible population turned out for the 2020 presidential election – the highest rate for any national election since 1900 .”
Voter turnout in US elections, 2018-2022 | Pew Research Center
In the 2020 election, Grant County had 14,435 votes cast, up from 2016’s total of 12,811. This means 1,624 more votes were counted in 2020 than 2016. This is while the population of Grant declined by 1488 from the 2010 Census.
In 2024, 14,321 votes were cast while an estimated 500 adults left the county since 2020. But the vote total only decreased by 114.
New Mexico Audit Force’s report Election Fraud in New Mexico (EFNM)** shows a map on page 40 with Grant County in red as a having Likely Fraud in 2020.
On page 11 of EFNM, Grant County is listed as one of ten counties receiving funds from The Center for Tech and Civic Life, an organization partially funded by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. EFNM explains that Maggie Toulouse Oliver allowed the leftist organization RocktheVote.org to directly add voter registrations without going through the Secretary of State portal.
President Trump only received 27 more votes in 2024 than in 2020. ***
*U.S. Census QuickFacts
***Trump increases ballot count from 2020 in Grant County by only 27 votes.
