Silver State Times

Esmeralda joins Nye in hand-counting of ballots, Mitchell says in rural areas the move is 'likely better'

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 25, 2022

Esmeralda County last week joined Nye County in dispensing with electronic voting machines in future elections and moving toward hand counting of ballots.

Elections analyst: Nevada's updates to voter rolls 'can take years'

By W.J. Kennedy | Sep 15, 2021

An elections analyst has suggested that law and culture are responsible for slow voter roll updates, particularly in Nevada.

Study includes Nevada among states with dead people on voter rolls

By W.J. Kennedy | Sep 13, 2021

Nevada is hardly alone in its dereliction of removing the deceased from the voter rolls. A year-old report by the Public Interest Legal Foundation showed that the names of 349,773 deceased appeared on voter rolls in 41 of 42 states scrutinized.

Nevada Secretary of State: Deleted voter records are to blame for 2020 vote tally discrepancies

By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 9, 2021

Nevada's top elections official says 2020 state-certified vote totals don't match its records of individual votes actually cast because the state deletes the vote history of anyone who has died or moved since the election.

More votes counted than cast in Nevada 2020 General Election, analysis of voting files shows

By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 5, 2021

An analysis of Nevada state voter data shows a 9,000-vote difference between those marked as having participated in the 2020 General Election and the number of ballots certified as being cast.