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 the results of recounts in one race for a commission seat and another for a local school board seat. Against that backdrop, and rapid election staff turnover, the county elections department has also made certain administrative mistakes, like sending mail ballots to voters who had opted out of receiving them and misprinting certain local sample ballots, though none that affect tabulation. Two of the Republican commissioners, Jeanne Herman and Mike Clark, have consistently voted against certifying results and are supported by the wider movement within the county that promotes election conspiracy theories.

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Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states
1 month ago

Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In Louisiana, state election officials said some 40 to …

California election officials cope with ballot glitches and vote count challenges as election draws to a close
1 month, 2 weeks ago

California election officials cope with ballot glitches and vote count challenges as election draws to a close

LA Times  

Volunteer Sheila Cooper waves a sign to voters walking in for early voting at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk building in Norwalk on Monday. “It’s kind of silly,” said Yolo County Registrar Jesse Salinas, commenting on efforts to convince some county boards to interfere with the acceptance of voting results. The advisory panel now seeks to audit the March …

What happens if local officials won't certify elections? A Nevada case may be a model
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What happens if local officials won't certify elections? A Nevada case may be a model

NPR  

What happens if local officials won't certify elections? “I have been told that a failure to vote to certify this election can subject me to criminal prosecution and forfeiture of office,” Clark said during the meeting. “As such, my vote today is being made under extreme duress.” During a recent interview at the Reno Elks Lodge, Clark told NPR he …

Experts warn vote tally certification refusals could undermine 2024 election
3 months, 1 week ago

Experts warn vote tally certification refusals could undermine 2024 election

Raw Story  

Two months ahead of the November presidential election, Colorado officials are warning that refusal by local election canvass board members to certify results fuels misinformation and threatens voter trust in the entire election process. CREW identified 35 election officials who voted against certifying results between 2020 and 2023, including three in Colorado: Nancy Pallozzi in Jefferson County, Candice Stutzriem in …

Here’s why many election experts aren’t freaking out about certification this year
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Here’s why many election experts aren’t freaking out about certification this year

NPR  

Here’s why many election experts aren’t freaking out about certification this year toggle caption Matt York/AP As the lead election official in one of the biggest counties in a swing state, Derek Bowens is thinking about a lot of things as voting season nears. “All the evidence is that state and federal courts have shut down election officials going beyond …

Nevada Supreme Court declines to wade into flap over certification of election results, for now
4 months ago

Nevada Supreme Court declines to wade into flap over certification of election results, for now

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Nevada’s Supreme Court declined Tuesday to wade into an electoral controversy despite pleas from the state’s top election official and attorney general after one county initially voted against certifying recount results from the June primary. The high court said in a ruling that the matter was moot since the Washoe County Commission’s original 3-2 vote against certification …

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 …

'When will people wake up': Elections lawyer 'sounding the alarm' about 2024 GOP lies
5 months, 1 week ago

'When will people wake up': Elections lawyer 'sounding the alarm' about 2024 GOP lies

Raw Story  

Elections lawyer Marc Elias of Democracy Docket desperately wants America to "wake up" and pay attention to the people working each day trying to circumvent the 2024 election. "The fact is, since 2020, there have been efforts to refuse to certify the accurate election results in this country in five states," warned Elias. "We had to sue Pennsylvania for refusing …

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 engulfed in chaos after Republicans refuse to certify election
5 months, 1 week ago

Nevada county engulfed in chaos after Republicans refuse to certify election

Raw Story  

Turmoil has engulfed Washoe County, Nevada, the home of Reno and the second-most populous area of Nevada outside the Las Vegas metropolitan area, after Republicans on the county commission refused to certify an election. According to USA Today, the three Republican members of the commission, which make up a majority of the five seats, refused to certify the results of …

Incumbent fends off far-right challenge in local Nevada race with potential elections implications
6 months, 1 week ago

Incumbent fends off far-right challenge in local Nevada race with potential elections implications

Associated Press  

A Republican incumbent on a commission that has a hand in overseeing elections in Nevada’s major swing county has fended off a far-right challenge and secured her party’s nomination in a race that could have had implications for national elections. Heading into Nevada’s primary on Tuesday, the incumbent, Clara Andriola, had been facing a challenge from the far right for …

Election certification disputes in handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election certification disputes in handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest

LA Times  

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. In Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes the Democratic-leaning city of Atlanta, a group run by members of former President Trump’s administration last month …

Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest

Associated Press  

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. In Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes the Democratic-voting city of Atlanta, a group run by members of former President Donald Trump’s administration last …

A California county ditched its vote counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A California county ditched its vote counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election

Associated Press  

REDDING, Calif. — Voters in Northern California’s rural Shasta County have twice voted for Donald Trump by wide margins while electing staunch conservatives to the local county board. Ann Brassfield, a retired border agent, said she has helped out in the county elections office before and “can’t really say that I saw anything illegal going on.” Now Brassfield, who said …

Election 2024: Why is Nevada holding caucuses and a primary?
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Election 2024: Why is Nevada holding caucuses and a primary?

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. Lee Hoffman’s job is challenging in the best of circumstances. Lee Hoffman, right, tapes a sign for the Elko County Republican Party on a window of a building owned by Lina Blohm, left, on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Elko, Nev. Lee Hoffman, left, and his wife Lynne drop off flyers to promote the upcoming Nevada GOP-run caucus …

How Nevada is normalizing its fake Trump electors
1 year, 2 months ago

How Nevada is normalizing its fake Trump electors

Raw Story  

Nevada’s fake electors were indispensable to Donald Trump’s plot to steal the 2020 presidential election and the accompanying assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. At one of those events, Aguilar said of his 2022 opponent, Jim Marchant, “He was out there peddling lies and misinformation to voters across the state and also across America, which was scary…What …

Nevada becomes latest to enhance penalties for election worker intimidation after statewide exodus
1 year, 6 months ago

Nevada becomes latest to enhance penalties for election worker intimidation after statewide exodus

Associated Press  

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Those who harass, intimidate or use force on election workers performing their duties in Nevada could soon face up to four years in prison under a new law signed by the Western swing state’s Republican governor on Tuesday. Threats and initimidation of election workers had ramped up significantly in Nevada and across the country amid falsehoods …

Far-right presentation using misappropriated election software alarms experts
1 year, 8 months ago

Far-right presentation using misappropriated election software alarms experts

LA Times  

A worker returns voting machines to storage at the Fulton County, Ga., election preparation center on Nov. 4, 2020, in Atlanta. On the third day of the Conservative Political Action Conference this month, two men demonstrated experts’ biggest concerns about attempts to access election machines after the 2020 election. Trump supporters also persuaded election officials or law enforcement to give …

Nevada elections head pushes training, manual amid turnover
1 year, 9 months ago

Nevada elections head pushes training, manual amid turnover

Associated Press  

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Amid widespread turnover among county election officials in Nevada as the 2022 midterms approached, the clerks and registrars thrust into new roles often had a dual approach: running elections while learning how they operate. The departures included large portions of county election staffs and the secretary of state’s elections office, where eight of the department’s 11 …

County vote moves Pennsylvania closer to certifying election
2 years ago

County vote moves Pennsylvania closer to certifying election

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia county elections board voted Tuesday to certify its November results, a development Pennsylvania officials had said was required before they can issue a statewide certification. Bucks County government spokesman Jim O’Malley said its Board of Elections wrapped up certification, although litigation over recount requests has not ended. “The recount petition litigation is ongoing, but …

Recount requests delay Pennsylvania election certification
2 years ago

Recount requests delay Pennsylvania election certification

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Five weeks after Election Day, winning candidates in Pennsylvania from governor to Congress are waiting for their victories to become official. The attempt to delay certification could foreshadow a potential strategy for the 2024 presidential election, if the results don’t go the way disaffected voters want in one of the nation’s most closely contested states. “I think …

Outgoing elections head in key Nevada county details threats
2 years ago

Outgoing elections head in key Nevada county details threats

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Heading into this year’s midterms, the elections director in the largest county in one of the nation’s most important battleground states had a lot on his mind. In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, a month before he is scheduled to step down as Clark County Registrar of Voters, Gloria spoke about the high turnover …

Election certification delays few, but a ‘test run’ for 2024
2 years ago

Election certification delays few, but a ‘test run’ for 2024

Associated Press  

Before November, election officials prepared for the possibility that Republicans who embraced former President Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud would challenge the verdict of voters by refusing to certify the midterm results. “It’s a good test run for 2024, showing state courts they’re going to have to step in.” For now, the certification delay in a smattering of rural …

Recount efforts hold up Pennsylvania election certifications
2 years ago

Recount efforts hold up Pennsylvania election certifications

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania elections officials said Tuesday “a handful” of counties have not fully reported results from this month’s election, at least in part because organized efforts to seek recounts are pending in court. The state election agency said Monday that counties are required to certify election returns unless there is a “legally valid and properly filed recount petition.” …

Arizona county board delays certifying election results
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county board delays certifying election results

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The board overseeing a southeastern Arizona county whose Republican leaders had hoped to recount all Election Day ballots on Friday delayed certifying the results of last week’s vote after hearing from a trio of conspiracy theorists who alleged that counting machines were not certified. The three men, or some combination of them, have filed at least four cases …

Election certification avoiding chaos, except in Arizona
2 years, 1 month ago

Election certification avoiding chaos, except in Arizona

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Certification of this year’s midterm election results appears to be proceeding smoothly with little controversy across the country, with a small Arizona county being a rare exception, calming fears that local commissions consumed by talk of election conspiracies would create chaos by refusing to validate the will of the voters. “And I appreciate everybody’s willingness to …

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 …

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 …

‘Obviously he’s misinformed’: Nevada official fires back at Trump’s corruption smear
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Obviously he’s misinformed’: Nevada official fires back at Trump’s corruption smear

Raw Story  

Donald Trump received harsh pushback from the top election official in Nevada's most populous county after the former president alleged that the county that includes Las Vegas had corrupt voting systems. "Clark County, Nevada, has a corrupt voting system, as do many places in our soon-to-be third world country," Trump alleged without evidence on his Truth Social microblogging website. "Nevada …

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 …

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 …

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 …

EXPLAINER: Trying to get politics out of election certifying
2 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINER: Trying to get politics out of election certifying

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Before the 2020 presidential election, certifying election results in the states was routine and generated little public attention. Through the canvass and certification process, local election officials check to ensure all votes were cast and counted correctly before results become official. This typically involves a board comprised of statewide officials such as the secretary of state and governor, …

2020 results denier to oversee voting in rural Nevada county
2 years, 4 months ago

2020 results denier to oversee voting in rural Nevada county

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — County commissioners in rural Nevada appointed a new top election official who has denied that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election and promises to implement plans to count every ballot by hand, in place of electronic vote tabulating machines. “I believe Donald Trump won the 2020 election,” Kampf said at an April Republican primary debate during …

Election conspiracies grip Nevada community, sowing distrust
2 years, 4 months ago

Election conspiracies grip Nevada community, sowing distrust

Associated Press  

TONOPAH, Nev. — The Nye County Commission is used to dealing with all sorts of hot-button controversies. For months, conspiracy theories fueled on social media by those repeating lies about former President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020 inflamed public suspicions about whether election results could be trusted. Merlino’s departure and Nye County’s plans to scrap voting machines and hand-count every …

Clerks complete recount of Nevada Republican governor’s race
2 years, 5 months ago

Clerks complete recount of Nevada Republican governor’s race

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — County election officials wrapped up a two-day statewide recount of ballots in the Nevada GOP primary for governor Friday and the outcome did not appear to change in the state’s two most populous counties, showing second-place finisher Joey Gilbert losing to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo in a crowded field. “All they’re doing is using the same …

New Mexico certifies primary election results after standoff
2 years, 5 months ago

New Mexico certifies primary election results after standoff

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s state election board on Tuesday certified results of a primary that was nearly derailed by county officials amid voter anger and distrust fueled by unfounded conspiracies about vote-counting equipment and election procedures. County commissioners in politically conservative Otero County initially refused to certify local primary election results because of unspecified concerns with Dominion voting …

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 …

The election system shuddered in 2020. Now, there are fears of an attack within
2 years, 7 months ago

The election system shuddered in 2020. Now, there are fears of an attack within

NPR  

The election system shuddered in 2020. Enlarge this image toggle caption Elaine Cromie for NPR Elaine Cromie for NPR This change to the training is just one small indication of how much harder running elections has become since Donald Trump's campaign to discredit and overturn the 2020 presidential election. Enlarge this image toggle caption Elaine Cromie for NPR Elaine Cromie …

Pennsylvania decertifies county’s voting system after audit
3 years, 5 months ago

Pennsylvania decertifies county’s voting system after audit

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s top election official has decertified the voting machines of a sparsely populated county that disclosed that it had agreed to requests by local Republican lawmakers and allowed a software firm to inspect the machines as part of an “audit” after the 2020 election. “I have no other choice but to decertify the use of Fulton County’s …

Nevada: GOP filed baseless election fraud allegations
3 years, 8 months ago

Nevada: GOP filed baseless election fraud allegations

Associated Press  

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske said Wednesday that her office reviewed election fraud allegations that state Republican Party leaders delivered to her office in March and found that some allegations were already under investigation, while the vast majority were baseless or inaccurately interpreted. “Our investigation revealed that these allegations and others are based largely upon …

Nevada: GOP filed far fewer election complaints than claimed
3 years, 9 months ago

Nevada: GOP filed far fewer election complaints than claimed

Associated Press  

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada’s top election official announced Tuesday that her staff had found far fewer complaints of alleged election fraud than state GOP leaders had claimed there were after her office processed election materials delivered to the capital on March 4. But Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s review found only 3,963 Election Integrity Violation reports submitted in McDonald’s …

States cite smooth election, despite Trump’s baseless claims
4 years, 1 month ago

States cite smooth election, despite Trump’s baseless claims

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The 2020 election unfolded smoothly across the country and without any widespread irregularities, according to state officials and election experts, a stark contrast to the baseless claims of fraud being leveled by President Donald Trump following his defeat. In Wisconsin, a battleground state where Biden narrowly edged Trump, top election official Meagan Wolfe said there were no problems …

Essential Politics: A 2020 election fact-check
4 years, 1 month ago

Essential Politics: A 2020 election fact-check

LA Times  

An election worker handles ballots as vote counting continued at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. There simply aren’t enough ballots left — in close states or in the undecided ones — for Trump to overcome Biden’s lead. The latest on the election — From Halper, Noah Bierman and Tracy Wilkinson: Biden said Tuesday that he …

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