Nye County Responds to ACLU Lawsuit Over Hand-Counting Ballot Plan
The lawsuit cites three main violations of the Nevada constitution, state or federal law in its claims.
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The lawsuit cites three main violations of the Nevada constitution, state or federal law in its claims.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — 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.
Nye County is moving to conduct the Nov. 8 election almost entirely with paper ballots and have the vote tallied by hand, in addition to machine tabulation.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The ACLU’s Nevada chapter filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a rural Nevada county and its interim clerk to stop the implementation of the county's new hand-counting process, which was spurred by false claims of election fraud.
Election experts have warned that such measures could lead to lengthy delays and chaos. Read more at Boston.com.