Silver State Times

Deceased Nevada voters are not being promptly removed from the state's active voter file, according to a comparison of Nevada death and voter registration records by the Silver State Times.

The comparison identified at least 38 registered voters, deceased in Dec. 2020, who remained in Nevada's active voter file as of Feb. 3, 2021.

Nevada Secretary of State Barbara K. Cegavske said earlier this month that one reason individual state voter records don't match the 2020 General Election vote totals she certified Nov 24 is that the vote histories of those who have died since Election Day have already been deleted.

A Voter Reference Foundation audit found that 15 of 17 Nevada counties certified more votes counted than they listed individual voters who had voted, as of Feb. 3. The group published the full state voter file at www.voteref.com, along with its analysis.

Cegavske responded that "numerous voters" who had "passed away" between Nov. 24, 2020, when she certified the Nevada vote, and Feb. 3, 2021, would have already have been deleted.

From public funeral home web sites, the Silver State Times compiled a sampling of death records from Dec. 2020 and found dozens of deceased voters who remained on the Feb 3, 2021 rolls. Of 38 identified, 26 voted in Nov. 2020.

They include former Las Vegas mayor and Arizona Charlie's General Manager Ron Lurie, who died of blood cancer on Dec. 22 at age 79. The Review-Journal reported that Lurie's death "reverberated across the state." 

Alan Bondelid, 70, died on Dec. 27 when he was robbed and shot in his Southeast Las Vegas driveway. A Las Vegas couple was arrested the next day on murder charges. 

Both remained actively registered as of Feb. 3.

According to the Nevada Association of County Clerks and Election Officials, each month, Cegavske's office is supposed to "(provide) a report of potential deceased voters to Counties via their partnerships with (State of Nevada) Vital Statistics and Health and Human Services."

"Reports are provided each time there is a potential match," the association reports. "Upon verification by counties that the records are a match, the voter registration record is cancelled."

Counties are also allowed to cancel the record of a deceased voter "when they have personal knowledge of the death."

"This can come in the form of a death notice being provided to the Clerk’s office or a surviving family member completing a form prescribed by the Clerk/Registrar’s office," according to the association. "A Clerk/Registrar cannot cancel a record of a potential deceased voter without proof."

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Passed away, but still eligible to vote
A SilverStateTimes.com comparison of state voter rolls to Nevada death records found 38 deceased voters with active voter records.
Name			Hometown	DOB	2020 General
William	Shane	Agee	Elko	1966-06-20	Did not vote
Arthur	L.	Hayden	Fernley	1927-01-20	Did not vote
Peggy	Lou	Johnson	Las Vegas	1936-11-24	Did not vote
James	Bogar	Lepe	Las Vegas	2001-03-19	Did not vote
Trisha	Marie	Mamon	Las Vegas	1970-04-11	Did not vote
Ruth	G	Mays	North Las Vegas	1947-10-28	Did not vote
Paul	Barry	Mcdonald	Sparks	1950-03-02	Did not vote
Thomas	L	O'Donnell	Ryndon	1938-02-07	Did not vote
Ambrosio		Ortiz	Las Vegas	1944-03-25	Did not vote
Lora		Piyevsky	Las Vegas	1933-06-24	Did not vote
Stephen	Ross	Salerno	Rainbow Bend	1948-08-01	Did not vote
Donald	James	States	Henderson	1963-04-06	Did not vote
Joseph		Aguirre	Mesquite	1948-04-02	Voted
Alfred	G	Ahlrich	Las Vegas	1946-01-20	Voted
Roy	David	Barnum	Mesquite	1961-05-20	Voted
Alan	Lynn	Bondelid	Las Vegas	1950-08-31	Voted
Mary	Magilke	Boner	Wells	1924-05-23	Voted
Michael	Allan	Brown	Las Vegas	1961-03-27	Voted
Ronny	D	Brown	Sparks	1947-09-21	Voted
Hal	M	Dean	Las Vegas	1935-03-23	Voted
Lawrence	Joseph	Elliott	Reno	1946-11-20	Voted
Glenn	William	Ferry	Pahrump	1944-09-30	Voted
William	Thomas	Gradick	Fallon	1950-08-20	Voted
Edward	W	Hutchins	Mesquite	1935-05-06	Voted
Pierre		Lacroix	Henderson	1948-08-03	Voted
Karen	Lee	Lefevre	Las Vegas	1947-01-29	Voted
Ronald	P	Lurie	Las Vegas	1941-01-23	Voted
Frank		Macias	Las Vegas	1921-10-05	Voted
John	Frank	Maddi	Las Vegas	1940-01-27	Voted
Frank	Wilson	Martini	Reno	1941-09-15	Voted
Audrey	J	Mitchell	Las Vegas	1931-04-30	Voted
Claudia		Moore	Las Vegas	1940-12-18	Voted
Carol	Elizabeth	Rutecki	Fallon	1935-05-18	Voted
Dorothy	Dean	Scialabba	Preston	1942-05-19	Voted
Dorothy	Dean	Scialabba	Preston	1942-05-19	Voted
Susan	Soson	Seto	North Las Vegas	1956-07-12	Voted
Alan	John	Smith	Henderson	1930-03-31	Voted
Trevor		Swales	Las Vegas	1954-05-24	Voted

Sources: Nevada Secretary of State; VoteRef.com; Legacy.com