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Posted on: July 10, 2024 at 22:13:36 CT
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Prior to the votes Tuesday, Andriola asked Edwards, the board attorney, questions about their obligation to vote and what could happen if they voted in opposition.
“I am not going to certify the vote,” she said afterward. “I believe it warrants further investigation, and hearing Mr. Edwards, this may give us that opportunity. I’m basing my vote on the fact that (Edwards) used the word ‘conscience’ and we have, not just today, but an ongoing concern (about elections). There has to be trust.”
“I am not an election denier,” she insisted.
Herman in comments from the dias acknowledged she has “a record of not approving the elections” but she did not further elaborate on her vote.
Clark in his comments pushed back on the characterization of him as an election denier.
“I’ve won my last six elections, so I couldn’t be an election denier,” he said, “but I’ve seen a lot of mismanagement, and that’s a different thing than denying what took place in an election. Mismanagement. People not understanding what they’re doing. Trying to wing it. Trying to use the NRS statute for their own personal gain. Telling half the story.”
Clark has said he did not receive his own ballot in the mail but received the ballot for someone who no longer lives in the country and had attempted unsuccessfully to remove themselves from the state’s voter roll. He has also pointed to acknowledged errors, such as a misprint on the sample ballot, as reasons why he does not trust the process.
“This is a missed opportunity for transparency,” he said. “The leadership of this board could have had samples, could have had a hand count, could have had a parallel count to check this, especially when somebody else was paying for it.”
Clark was referring to Beadles, the right-wing activist who funded the recounts whose results were being voted on Tuesday.
On the issue of hand counting ballots, Edwards noted that state law is clear that the process used for a recount has to be the same as the process used during the original tabulation — meaning the county couldn’t switch from machine tabulation to a hand count. The county could explore the option to hand count ballots for future elections, he added, but would have to contend with the “onerous” requirements set by the secretary of state’s office.
Additional flirting with election skepticism
Earlier in Tuesday’s meeting, Andriola suggested that election process issues were better left to the legislature to address.
Andriola expressed support for some election reforms, including a voter id requirement and automatic county-paid recounts for close races, but she said implementing such changes are beyond the power of a county commission and would have to be done at the state level by legislators (or, in the case of a proposed voter id requirement, by a vote of the people).
“Get folks in Carson City that understand that election reform is critical,” she said.
Clark in response to Andriola said he believes county commissioners “don’t need to wait for somebody in Carson City to do our job for us.”
“We’ve got lots of things we can do here,” he said. “Maybe we can’t ask for showing of id. Maybe we can’t do this, that or the next thing. But we have the ability to do lots of other things that will certainly clean up the process, that will certainly instill confidence in the voters, instead of saying we’re going to wait til Carson City fixes it.”
Clark said the commission can control who the county manager is, noting that the county manager is directly over the registrar of voters.
Andriola invited Mark Kampf, the former Nye County clerk who two years ago oversaw the rural county’s controversial attempts to use paper ballots and hand count, to give a presentation to the Washoe County Commission on June 25. Andriola suggested at the time she supported the idea of auditing being done via hand.
Durmick of All Voting Is Local said her group is concerned about attempts to move toward paper ballots because they can disenfranchise voters who benefit from more accessible machines and create longer lines at polling places, which also makes it more difficult for people to cast ballots.
Prior to the votes Tuesday, Andriola asked Edwards, the board attorney, questions about their obligation to vote and what could happen if they voted in opposition.
“I am not going to certify the vote,” she said afterward. “I believe it warrants further investigation, and hearing Mr. Edwards, this may give us that opportunity. I’m basing my vote on the fact that (Edwards) used the word ‘conscience’ and we have, not just today, but an ongoing concern (about elections). There has to be trust.”
“I am not an election denier,” she insisted.
Herman in comments from the dias acknowledged she has “a record of not approving the elections” but she did not further elaborate on her vote.
Clark in his comments pushed back on the characterization of him as an election denier.
“I’ve won my last six elections, so I couldn’t be an election denier,” he said, “but I’ve seen a lot of mismanagement, and that’s a different thing than denying what took place in an election. Mismanagement. People not understanding what they’re doing. Trying to wing it. Trying to use the NRS statute for their own personal gain. Telling half the story.”
Clark has said he did not receive his own ballot in the mail but received the ballot for someone who no longer lives in the country and had attempted unsuccessfully to remove themselves from the state’s voter roll. He has also pointed to acknowledged errors, such as a misprint on the sample ballot, as reasons why he does not trust the process.
“This is a missed opportunity for transparency,” he said. “The leadership of this board could have had samples, could have had a hand count, could have had a parallel count to check this, especially when somebody else was paying for it.”
Clark was referring to Beadles, the right-wing activist who funded the recounts whose results were being voted on Tuesday.
On the issue of hand counting ballots, Edwards noted that state law is clear that the process used for a recount has to be the same as the process used during the original tabulation — meaning the county couldn’t switch from machine tabulation to a hand count. The county could explore the option to hand count ballots for future elections, he added, but would have to contend with the “onerous” requirements set by the secretary of state’s office.
Additional flirting with election skepticism
Earlier in Tuesday’s meeting, Andriola suggested that election process issues were better left to the legislature to address.
Andriola expressed support for some election reforms, including a voter id requirement and automatic county-paid recounts for close races, but she said implementing such changes are beyond the power of a county commission and would have to be done at the state level by legislators (or, in the case of a proposed voter id requirement, by a vote of the people).
“Get folks in Carson City that understand that election reform is critical,” she said.
Clark in response to Andriola said he believes county commissioners “don’t need to wait for somebody in Carson City to do our job for us.”
“We’ve got lots of things we can do here,” he said. “Maybe we can’t ask for showing of id. Maybe we can’t do this, that or the next thing. But we have the ability to do lots of other things that will certainly clean up the process, that will certainly instill confidence in the voters, instead of saying we’re going to wait til Carson City fixes it.”
Clark said the commission can control who the county manager is, noting that the county manager is directly over the registrar of voters.
Andriola invited Mark Kampf, the former Nye County clerk who two years ago oversaw the rural county’s controversial attempts to use paper ballots and hand count, to give a presentation to the Washoe County Commission on June 25. Andriola suggested at the time she supported the idea of auditing being done via hand.
Durmick of All Voting Is Local said her group is concerned about attempts to move toward paper ballots because they can disenfranchise voters who benefit from more accessible machines and create longer lines at polling places, which also makes it more difficult for people to cast ballots.
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lol you should read all of the articles you post - 90Tiger STL - 7/10 22:13:36