Nevada officials begin unprecedented hand count of ballots
2 years, 1 month ago

Nevada officials begin unprecedented hand count of ballots

Associated Press  

PAHRUMP, Nev. — Volunteers in a rural Nevada county where voting machine conspiracy theories led to an unprecedented hand-count of mail-in ballots came face-to-face with one messy reality of their plan Wednesday: It’s more time-consuming than anticipated. Nye County interim clerk Mark Kampf emphasized throughout the day to “take it nice and slow.” In an interview, he declared the first day a success and said, “It was a process of learning here.” As one person announced candidate names aloud, a verifier looked over her shoulder and three talliers marked sheets of paper. The secretary of state’s office said Nye County had to split teams into separate rooms so anyone observing the count of early in-person and mailed ballots would not know the “totality of returns.” Participants were not identified for the media. In a letter sent Tuesday to Nevada secretary of state election officials, though, the ACLU warned that the reading of candidate names aloud within earshot of public observers constituted “a release of election results in violation of Nevada law.” Nye County spokesman Arnold Knightly said officials could not respond to questions about the letter because the case was before the state Supreme Court. Nye County wanted to start counting its early ballots before Election Day rather than risk missing the state’s Nov. 17 certification deadline.

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Paper ballots, late polls delay swing state Nevada’s election result. Could it overturn Donald Trump’s victory?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Paper ballots, late polls delay swing state Nevada’s election result. Could it overturn Donald Trump’s victory?

Live Mint  

US Election Results 2024: As the 2024 US election unfolds, Nevada, one of the most critical swing states, has once again found itself at the centre of election result delays. Election officials are attributing the slower-than-expected count in Nevada to several factors, with a significant reason being the large number of people who registered to vote on Election Day itself. …

Nevada votes thrown into chaos because young voters can’t sign their names
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nevada votes thrown into chaos because young voters can’t sign their names

The Telegraph  

Vote counting in Nevada has been thrown into chaos because young people cannot sign their own names, a state official has said. Roughly 13,000 mail-in ballots have been rejected across Nevada because the signatures on their ballot did not match the signatures in the system, secretary of state Francisco Aguilar said on Tuesday. “And when they did register to vote …

Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count

Raw Story  

The country is unlikely to know who wins the battleground state of Pennsylvania on election night. Prior to 2020, local election officials never needed to count such a large number of ballots received through the mail, and news organizations could typically announce Pennsylvania’s unofficial winner quickly. Counting may also take less time because election officials have more experience counting the …

Officials ask for patience in waiting on Election Day results
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Officials ask for patience in waiting on Election Day results

Raw Story  

It’s Election Day in America. “Election Day is not Results Day,” Virginia Kase Solomón, president and CEO of the voting rights organization Common Cause, told reporters last week. “Every vote must be counted, and that will take time.” Later, she added: “Democracy is worth waiting for.” Timelines for counting In Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, two states that could seal the race …

When Will We Know The Result Of The 2024 Election?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

When Will We Know The Result Of The 2024 Election?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Four years ago, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans had to wait days to find out the results of the presidential race. However, North Carolina Republicans have also heavily restricted the ability of election workers to process and count not only mail ballots, but in-person early votes via new laws passed in 2023. Where election workers could previously …

This year’s vote count will be faster, but it still might take time to know who won
1 month, 3 weeks ago

This year’s vote count will be faster, but it still might take time to know who won

Politico  

“It should be sooner, but also be patient,” said Barb Byrum, the Ingham County, Michigan, clerk. The lower number of mail ballots — combined with the additional four years that election officials have had to refine their vote-counting processes — should make results available faster. But the lower number of mail ballots — combined with the additional four years that …

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada
5 months, 1 week ago

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by national and state Republicans that sought to bar Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day. A state law passed by Democrats in 2021 allows election officials to tally ballots received by 5 p.m. on the fourth day after Election Day, as long as the envelopes …

Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms
5 months, 1 week ago

Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Commissioners in Nevada’s second most populous county certified the results of two local recounts on Tuesday, reversing course on a controversial vote against certification that spurred legal action and put Washoe County in unchartered legal territory. Moments before Tuesday’s redo of the vote, the county’s chief deputy district attorney, Mary Kandaras, recommended that the commissioners certify the …

Nevada Supreme Court is asked to step into Washoe County fray over certification of recount results
5 months, 1 week ago

Nevada Supreme Court is asked to step into Washoe County fray over certification of recount results

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Two top officials in Nevada are asking the state Supreme Court to step into a fray over a vote earlier this week by Washoe County commissioners not to certify recount results in two local races. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and Attorney General Aaron Ford filed a petition with the court Wednesday, seeking confirmation of the commissioners’ …

Nevada county votes against certifying recount results, a move that raises longer-term questions
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nevada county votes against certifying recount results, a move that raises longer-term questions

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Commissioners in Nevada’s second most populous county on Tuesday refused to certify the results of two local recounts from last month’s primary, a rare move that has potential implications for the presidential race in one of the nation’s most important swing states. The three Republican members on the five-member Washoe County Board of Commissioners voted to reject …

Trump campaign sues Nevada, alleges counting of non-postmarked mail ballots
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump campaign sues Nevada, alleges counting of non-postmarked mail ballots

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by The Nevada Independent. The Trump campaign has filed its third lawsuit challenging election procedures in Nevada, now alleging that state elections officials are counting non-postmarked mail ballots after Election Day, without providing clear evidence of such a practice occurring. The suit, announced Monday and filed in Carson City District Court by lawyers also representing …

Republicans say mail ballots arriving after Election Day in Nevada should be illegal
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans say mail ballots arriving after Election Day in Nevada should be illegal

NPR  

Republicans say mail ballots arriving after Election Day in Nevada should be illegal toggle caption John Locher/AP The fight over which mail ballots should be counted during this year’s general election is already well underway. “So it's completely changed how our elections work and run.” Durmick said every county in Nevada now runs a typical in-person election and automatically sends …

In a rare step, 3 South Dakota counties are set to vote on counting ballots by hand
6 months, 3 weeks ago

In a rare step, 3 South Dakota counties are set to vote on counting ballots by hand

Associated Press  

Voters in at least three rural South Dakota counties are set to decide Tuesday whether to return to counting ballots by hand, the latest communities around the country to consider ditching machine tabulators based on unfounded conspiracy theories stemming from the 2020 presidential election. Like efforts elsewhere, the South Dakota push for hand counting has its origins in false claims …

Nevada can start tabulating ballots earlier on Election Day for quicker results
7 months ago

Nevada can start tabulating ballots earlier on Election Day for quicker results

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Nevada election officials can start tabulating in-person Election Day votes as they come in, rather than waiting for polls to close in an effort to get results out quicker, Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said Wednesday. Aguilar cited state law in making the recommendation to county election officials that also include tabulating mail ballots as early …

Trump and Republicans file suit to nullify Nevada ballots mailed on Election Day
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump and Republicans file suit to nullify Nevada ballots mailed on Election Day

Raw Story  

The Trump campaign and its Republican allies on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s ballot receipt deadline. Nevada law allows for mail ballots postmarked on Election Day to be accepted and counted if they are received by county election officials within four days. Plaintiffs in the new lawsuit argue that practice violates federal law and as a result “valid, timely …

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The Republican National Committee on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as the state’s law currently permits. The law, passed by Democrats in 2021, permits the tallying of mail ballots received up to four days after Election Day, provided the envelopes are postmarked before the end …

'Thousands of mail ballots not counted': PA fixing issue that disenfranchised 17K voters
1 year ago

'Thousands of mail ballots not counted': PA fixing issue that disenfranchised 17K voters

Raw Story  

Pennsylvania played a key role in deciding the last two presidential elections, and appears poised to be similarly decisive in the 2024 race. According to WPSU, Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro is now working in conjunction with Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt to fix issues with Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot system that can be confusing for some voters. Currently, commonwealth law …

Deep-red Arizona county rejects proposal to hand-count ballots in 2024 elections
1 year, 4 months ago

Deep-red Arizona county rejects proposal to hand-count ballots in 2024 elections

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A northwestern Arizona county has rejected a proposal to hand-count ballots in the 2024 election cycle after the local elections director warned that it would cost more than $1.1 million and involve hiring hundreds of new workers. Board Chair Travis Lingenfelter said during the meeting that he couldn’t justify the steep costs of a hand count because of …

Nevada high court rejects plea to stop county’s hand-count
2 years, 1 month ago

Nevada high court rejects plea to stop county’s hand-count

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — The Nevada Supreme Court denied an emergency writ from two voting rights groups on Monday that sought to shut down a controversial hand-count of all paper ballots in rural Nye County, meaning that the county clerk can continue the hand-counting of ballots that have been counted by machine tabulators. While Nye County commission members have shown support …

Why Nevada election results are taking days
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Nevada election results are taking days

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Counting votes in Nevada’s closely watched races for Senate could spill into the weekend — just as it’s done before and just as officials reminded everyone it would this time, too. Here’s where things stand late Friday, with control of Congress still in the balance: WHAT WE KNOW —With more than 90% of the votes counted, Republican former …

100% ballot hand-count blocked; Arizona county plowing ahead
2 years, 1 month ago

100% ballot hand-count blocked; Arizona county plowing ahead

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The board of supervisors in a southern Arizona county will meet next week to consider counting nearly all the ballots cast in-person on Election Day, despite an earlier court order limiting the hand-count driven by unfounded distrust in machines that tabulate votes. The Republican-dominated Cochise County board is taking that part of the order literally, proposing to expand …

Vegas elections chief: Counting going ‘as quickly as we can’
2 years, 1 month ago

Vegas elections chief: Counting going ‘as quickly as we can’

Associated Press  

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — With the nation awaiting results of tightly contested U.S. Senate, House and governor’s races in Nevada, the elections chief in Las Vegas defended the pace of vote-counting in the state’s most populous county Thursday. “I can tell you with a great deal of confidence that everything we are doing here in Clark County is moving …

Nov. 10, 2022 US election coverage
2 years, 1 month ago

Nov. 10, 2022 US election coverage

CNN  

An election worker arrives with ballots Wednesday inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix. Here’s what you should know as the counting continues: Where things stand in Arizona and Nevada — and why it’s taking so long to count ballots: The biggest reason for the delay is the way that each state handles the ballots outside of those cast …

Arizona county’s plan to hand-count ballots blocked by judge
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county’s plan to hand-count ballots blocked by judge

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge on Monday blocked a rural Arizona county’s plan to conduct a full hand-count of ballots from the current election — a measure requested by Republican officials who expressed unfounded concerns that vote-counting machines are untrustworthy. “Because the statute does not permit elections officials to begin the precinct hand-count by counting all ballots cast, the Board’s requirement …

Rural Nevada county won’t hand-count until polls close
2 years, 1 month ago

Rural Nevada county won’t hand-count until polls close

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Officials in a rural Nevada county say they will not proceed with hand counting early mail-in votes before polls close on Election Day. Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske ordered Nye County in late October to halt its hand-counting of ballots until after polls close on Nov. 8. Cegavske said Friday that the plan needed more details …

Nevada secretary of state declines to lift hand-count ban
2 years, 1 month ago

Nevada secretary of state declines to lift hand-count ban

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Nevada’s secretary of state declined Friday to lift a ban on a rural county’s controversial early hand-count of mail-in ballots, saying a modified procedure the county clerk proposed still raises “concerns relating to the integrity of the election.” Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske ordered Nye County last week to halt its hand-counting of ballots until after …

Nevada: What to expect on election night
2 years, 1 month ago

Nevada: What to expect on election night

Associated Press  

Nevada is home to one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate races in the country as Democrats play defense to hold onto Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s seat in her contest against Republican Adam Laxalt. The AP will not call down-ballot races on election night if the margin between the top two candidates is less than 2% or if the …

Nevada County becomes a harbinger of the chaos that election deniers will wreak
2 years, 1 month ago

Nevada County becomes a harbinger of the chaos that election deniers will wreak

Raw Story  

A hand count has been halted. One day after Nevada’s Supreme Court and Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske shut down a hand count of 2022 general election ballots in a rural county whose GOP leaders fell under the spell of 2020 election deniers, the man at the center of that political storm—Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf—was determined to resurrect …

Arizona county’s ballot hand-count plan challenged in court
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county’s ballot hand-count plan challenged in court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — An Arizona county’s plan to hand count all ballots cast in next week’s election has triggered a court challenge, marking the latest twist to the effort by rural Cochise County to mollify skeptics distrustful of its vote-counting equipment. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County board of supervisors have pushed for the full hand count, and the …

Pro-Trump effort to hand count ballots implodes in Nevada
2 years, 1 month ago

Pro-Trump effort to hand count ballots implodes in Nevada

Raw Story  

One of the country’s most high-profile efforts by Trump Republicans to avoid using election system computers in 2022’s midterm elections and instead count votes by hand is coming apart at the seams. Less than two days after Nye County, Nevada, began a controversial hand count led by an interim county clerk who is a 2020 election denier, Nevada’s Supreme Court …

Hand vote count stops, but Nevada county vows to try again
2 years, 1 month ago

Hand vote count stops, but Nevada county vows to try again

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A rural Nevada county roiled by voting machine conspiracy theories stopped its unprecedented effort Friday to hand count ballots cast in advance of Election Day. “Yesterday’s Supreme Court order requires us to make some changes to our hand count process,” Nye County officials said in a statement issued Friday that promised to “resume as soon as our …

Hand vote count on hold after Nevada high court says illegal
2 years, 1 month ago

Hand vote count on hold after Nevada high court says illegal

Associated Press  

PAHRUMP, Nev. — An unprecedented hand-count of mail-in ballots in a rural Nevada county is on hold and may not resume after the Nevada Supreme Court said in an after-hours ruling the current process is illegal and the Republican secretary of state directed the county clerk to “cease immediately.” Volunteers in rural Nye County had wrapped up a second day …

Nevada court ruling modifies county plan for vote hand-count
2 years, 2 months ago

Nevada court ruling modifies county plan for vote hand-count

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A rural Nevada county can start hand-counting mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, but it won’t be allowed to livestream the tallying and must make other changes to its plans. The ruling came in response to an emergency petition filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, which challenged …

ACLU sues over Nevada county’s hand-counting ballot plan
2 years, 2 months ago

ACLU sues over Nevada county’s hand-counting ballot plan

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — The ACLU’s Nevada chapter filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a rural Nevada county and its interim clerk in an attempt to stop the implementation of the county’s new hand-counting process, which was spurred by false claims of election fraud. The county plans to start hand-counting its mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day, a process that the …

Nevada county’s plans to hand-count early ballots challenged
2 years, 2 months ago

Nevada county’s plans to hand-count early ballots challenged

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A rural county in Nevada where conspiracy theories about voting machines run deep is planning to start hand-counting its mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day, a process that risks public release of early voting results. Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf said hand-count teams will start tallying mail-in ballots on Oct. 26, just under two weeks ahead …

Amid fears of voting machines, Nevada approves hand counting
2 years, 3 months ago

Amid fears of voting machines, Nevada approves hand counting

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — As parts of rural Nevada plan to count ballots by hand amid misinformation about voting machines, the Nevada secretary of state’s office on Friday approved regulations for counties to hand count votes starting as soon as this fall’s midterm elections. That’s because Nye County, in the desert between Las Vegas and Reno, will also use a parallel …

Voter groups object to proposed Nevada hand-counting rules
2 years, 4 months ago

Voter groups object to proposed Nevada hand-counting rules

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — As officials in some parts of rural Nevada vow to bypass voting machines in favor of hand counting ballots this November, the Nevada secretary of state’s office is proposing statewide rules that would specify how to do it, including requiring bipartisan vote counters, room for observation and how many ballots to count at a time. On Friday, …

Last Nevada county approves primary results after hand count
2 years, 5 months ago

Last Nevada county approves primary results after hand count

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Counties across Nevada on Friday certified the last outstanding results of the state’s June 14 primary election after critics questioned the tallies by describing their own experiences at the polls and repeating conspiracy theories that nearly derailed certification in New Mexico last week. Esmeralda County, Nevada’s least populated, became the last to certify its countywide results Friday …

Rural Nevada county delays approving primary vote results
2 years, 6 months ago

Rural Nevada county delays approving primary vote results

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Elected officials in one rural Nevada county decided Thursday to postpone until Friday certifying results of the 317 ballots cast in their jurisdiction during the state’s June 14 primary election. State attorney general’s office spokesman John Sadler confirmed that Nevada law sets 11:59 p.m. Friday as the deadline to certify results of the June 14 primary, and …

Officials in Nevada county endorse hand count, paper ballots
2 years, 9 months ago

Officials in Nevada county endorse hand count, paper ballots

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Elected officials in a rural southern Nevada county say they want paper votes counted by hand during primary and general elections this year, although their top elections official said Wednesday she can’t immediately commit enough staffing or supplies and doesn’t have regulations to follow. “It would be physically impossible for me to implement this for the primary …

Some in GOP want ballots to be counted by hand, not machines
2 years, 9 months ago

Some in GOP want ballots to be counted by hand, not machines

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — Growing suspicion about the security of voting systems has kindled a back-to-the future moment among conservatives in some parts of the U.S. Republican lawmakers in at least six states have introduced legislation that would require all election ballots to be counted by hand instead of electronic tabulators. “It’s our responsibility, and it should be our desire, to …

The count goes on — with Biden on the cusp of presidency
4 years, 1 month ago

The count goes on — with Biden on the cusp of presidency

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden stood on the cusp of winning the presidency Friday night, three days after Election Day, as the long, exacting work of counting votes widened his lead over President Donald Trump in critical battleground states. Biden, for his part, addressed the nation Friday night near his home in Wilmington, Delaware, and acknowledged the sluggish pace of …

EXPLAINER: Why AP called Nevada for Biden
4 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Why AP called Nevada for Biden

Associated Press  

WHY AP CALLED NEVADA FOR BIDEN: The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of Nevada’s presidential contest Saturday, after a batch 15,000 ballots released by state election officials gave the former vice president a more than 2 percentage point lead over President Donald Trump. The AP called the race for Biden after a ballots released Saturday, nearly all of …

Biden Takes Leads In Pa., Ga., Putting Him On Cusp Of Electoral College Win
4 years, 1 month ago

Biden Takes Leads In Pa., Ga., Putting Him On Cusp Of Electoral College Win

NPR  

Biden Takes Leads In Pa., Ga., Putting Him On Cusp Of Electoral College Win Enlarge this image toggle caption Mary Altaffer/AP Mary Altaffer/AP Three days after Election Day, Democratic nominee Joe Biden took narrow leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia, according to The Associated Press, putting him on the cusp of a victory in the Electoral College. Trump has maintained a …

2020 Election Results, News And Analysis
4 years, 1 month ago

2020 Election Results, News And Analysis

NPR  

Pennsylvania: Where The Race Stands Election officials are cautioning that Pennsylvania — and its highly sought-after 20 electoral votes — may not be ready to deliver complete voting results on Wednesday. “This is a stress test of the ideals upon which this country was founded and the basic rule of one person, one vote – that still carries and it …

Nevada Judge Blocks Republican Lawsuit That Sought To Halt Mail-In Ballot Count
4 years, 1 month ago

Nevada Judge Blocks Republican Lawsuit That Sought To Halt Mail-In Ballot Count

NPR  

Nevada Judge Blocks Republican Lawsuit That Sought To Halt Mail-In Ballot Count Enlarge this image toggle caption John Locher/AP John Locher/AP A Nevada judge has rejected a lawsuit by President Trump's reelection campaign and state Republican officials seeking to halt mail-in ballot counting in Clark County. Carson City District Court Judge James Wilson denied their request, ruling that the plaintiffs …

Nevada To Mail All Voters Ballots; Trump Promises Lawsuit
4 years, 4 months ago

Nevada To Mail All Voters Ballots; Trump Promises Lawsuit

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed legislation Monday to mail all of the state’s active voters ballots ahead of the November election, a move being criticized by President Donald Trump, who promised a lawsuit to block the action. Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske told lawmakers Friday that she wasn’t aware of any fraud …

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