Nevada
Nevada approves hand counting votes over fears of machines
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RENO, NEVADA, UNITED STATES – 2022/06/14: Observers watch ballots being counted from a sealed room. Nevada is conducting its major election. (Picture by Ty O’Neil/SOPA Photos/LightRocket by way of Getty Photos)
LAS VEGAS (AP) – As components of rural Nevada plan to depend ballots by hand amid misinformation about voting machines, the Nevada secretary of state’s workplace on Friday authorised rules for counties handy depend votes beginning as quickly as this fall’s midterm elections.
However the revised rules will not apply to the one county that has been on the forefront of the drive to depend by hand.
That’s as a result of Nye County, within the desert between Las Vegas and Reno, may even use a parallel tabulation course of alongside its hand depend, utilizing the identical machines which might be usually used to depend mail-in ballots. All ballots in Nye County will resemble mail-in ballots, interim Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf stated in an interview earlier this month.
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Nye County is without doubt one of the first jurisdictions nationwide to behave on election conspiracies associated to distrust in voting machines. Nevada’s least populous county, Esmeralda, used hand-counting to certify June’s major outcomes, when officers spent greater than seven hours counting 317 ballots forged.
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The long-time Nye County clerk resigned in July after election conspiracies led to a profitable push handy depend votes.
Kampf, her alternative, has falsely claimed that former President Donald Trump received the 2020 election. He has vowed to convey hand counting to the agricultural county of about 50,000, alongside the parallel tabulation course of utilizing machines.
The Nevada secretary of state’s workplace modified the hand counting rules after Kampf and others criticized them throughout an Aug. 12 suggestions session. The state officers modified the definition of “hand depend” to use solely when it’s the solely methodology of counting ballots.
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The foundations require bipartisan groups of a minimum of 4 folks to depend the votes, mandate spacing between tables and require room for observers, amongst many different provisions. State officers initially stated the groups may depend batches of 20 votes at a time however elevated the quantity to 50. Kampf had criticized the decrease variety of votes per batch, saying it might be extra environment friendly for the groups to depend 50-vote batches.
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“I feel this represents partnership with the secretary of state’s workplace in refining these procedures,” Kampf stated Friday.
The rules take impact Oct. 1 and can final till November 2023, although officers hope to undertake them completely.
4 voting teams — Brennan Middle, All Voting is Native, ACLU Nevada and Silver State Voices — had beforehand urged the secretary of state’s workplace to drop the rules and as a substitute ban hand counting altogether, saying that hand counting results in extra errors than machine voting and takes longer.
A number of confirmed up on Friday to once more converse towards the adjustments.
Voting rights legal professional Sadmira Ramic of ACLU’s Nevada chapter referred to as adopting the rules “a slippery slope that can have dire penalties for the state,” creating extra room for election errors and tampering.
“The secretary of state’s workplace, by passing these rules, is condoning using hand counting whereas ignoring the urgency of the problems that such procedures will produce,” she stated.
She additionally criticized a scarcity of enforcement or penalties for counties that don’t comply with the principles.
Deputy Secretary for Elections Mark Wlaschin beforehand acknowledged in an interview earlier this month that there isn’t any enforcement mechanism outlined within the rules.
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He stated his workplace has thought of “quite a few contingencies” for noncompliance. A part of guaranteeing compliance falls on the secretary of state’s workplace, he stated, and a part of that function falls on county clerks.
Hand counting supporters have described the old school methodology as a approach to tackle mistrust in elections, particularly unproven claims that voting machines are susceptible to hacking and are untrustworthy. Consultants have stated hand-counting is much extra time consuming and exposes the method to extra errors.
Wlaschin has stated the principles will assist counties that choose to modify to hand-counting programs, stopping clerks from having to attract up guidelines from scratch. They might additionally create a uniform construction so the state can make sure the counting is legitimate.
However questions stay concerning the implementation of the rules and the way they are going to unfold in counties that fluctuate in inhabitants, dimension and differing political leanings.
Humboldt County Clerk Tami Rae Spero stated in an interview it might be tough to comply with the rules that require discovering bipartisan vote counters and the bodily area that will probably be wanted for commentary of the hand counts.
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At a listening to earlier this month, Wlaschin requested Kampf if Nye County deliberate to ultimately part out the parallel tabulation course of, resulting in an all-hand depend.
Kampf responded: “I hope we will show to you and to those that are doubting and have vital doubts that it may possibly work, that you just’d make that call at that time limit.”
Some Nevada state lawmakers will focus on subsequent week whether or not to rein in efforts by rural counties to depend votes by hand.
At an interim laws session Monday for the committee on legislative operations and elections, lawmakers are scheduled to deliberate whether or not to draft a invoice requiring counties that discontinue utilizing voting machines to return state funds given to them for the machines.
The invoice wouldn’t be voted on till a minimum of February, when Nevada’s subsequent legislative session begins.
The listening to for the hand counting rules on Friday got here as a number of Nevada Republicans in key races have repeatedly questioned the outcomes of the 2020 election with out proof.
Senate candidate Adam Laxalt led former president Donald Trump’s marketing campaign in Nevada and filed paperwork in an try and overturn the state’s 2020 consequence.
Republican secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant has made election mistrust central to his platform and has repeatedly denied the outcomes of the 2020 election.
In February, he advised voters that “your vote hasn’t counted in many years.”
He additionally labored with Kampf to design the hand-counting plan in Nye County and hopes to unfold it throughout the nation.
Stern is a corps member for the Related Press/Report for America Statehouse Information Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit nationwide service program that locations journalists in native newsrooms to report on undercovered points.
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Nevada
Debates don’t tend to have a lasting impact. Could last week’s be different?
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While last week’s debate prompted further concerns about President Joe Biden’s cognitive fitness among pundits and some national Democrats, both Nevada Democrats and Republicans are shying away from the topic on the campaign trail.
Debates and campaign events usually have only temporary effects, according to Dan Lee, a political science professor at UNLV. Polls might change, but the effects dissipate over a couple of weeks, he said. Bigger predictors of election outcomes are partisanship and the state of the economy, he said.
But last week’s debate is different, Lee said. It was not like Biden gave a bad answer; rather, it brought up questions about his ability to be president, he said.
“Debates tend not to have lasting effects, but because this debate was more, you know, highlighting his perceived shortcomings in terms of his cognitive capabilities, that’s kind of something that could stick and what Democrats are worried about,” Lee said.
Voters have long expressed their concerns about both presidential candidates’ ages and ambivalence over the rematch. The debate heightened those concerns. A recent CBS News poll, for instance, found that 72 percent of 1,130 registered voters surveyed — including many Democrats — do not think Biden has the mental and cognitive health to serve as president. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.
Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett became the first Democratic lawmaker to publicly call on Biden to withdraw from the 2024 election. He cited multiple polls showing Biden running substantially behind Democratic senators in key states.
“I had hoped that the debate would provide some momentum to change that,” he said in a statement Tuesday. “It did not. Instead of reassuring voters, the President failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump’s many lies.”
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Nevada Democrats, however, are sticking with the president — though Sen. Jacky Rosen and other candidates have been maintaining a distance from the president, who has not polled well in Nevada — and the Nevada Republican Party does not plan to focus on Biden’s health as a top campaign strategy.
The state’s Democrats have been focusing on the actions the Biden administration has taken, from investing in affordable housing and infrastructure and trying to lower health care costs.
Democratic Rep. Dina Titus, who has campaigned for Biden and was named to his re-election advisory board, stands by the president.
“I’ve known him, I’ve supported him, I’ve worked with him for a long time,” Titus said. “And do I wish he’d have been stronger? Of course. Do I wish he’d have called out the lies better? Yes. Do I wish he’d focused on all the good things the Democrats have done under his leadership? Yes. But you’ve got to remember, you can’t just focus on the superficial.”
Instead, you have to focus on the substance, she said.
“You play the hand you’re dealt, and that’s what we’re going to do,” she said. Democrats’ goal is to show Nevadans who Biden really is and what he’s accomplished.
A spokesperson for Sen. Jacky Rosen’s campaign painted the election as a choice between an administration “focused on lowering costs, growing the middle class, and restoring reproductive freedom” and “Trump’s MAGA agenda,” while distancing her from the president.
“Senator Rosen is focused on her own reelection campaign and continuing her track record as one of the most bipartisan, independent, and effective Senators,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
‘Feel sorry’
Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald told the Review-Journal he felt sorry for Biden.
“I know he had a bad night, but I think it’s deeper than that,” he said Monday. “I feel sorry for his family. It’s a major concern of who is running the country right now.”
That said, the Republican Party won’t focus on those cognitive concerns at a state level, said McDonald, who took on the role as senior campaign adviser for the Trump campaign.
Rather, McDonald said, the party will push on Trump’s record of helping working people and will highlight his plans and outlook for the future.
“We’re going to show the difference between the two,” he said.
Contact Jessica Hill at jehill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @jess_hillyeah on X.
Nevada
Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada hosting back to school vaccine clinic
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RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada will be hosting a series of back-to-school vaccine clinics in the month of July.
The clinic will be for kids over the age of five, but under the age of 19.
“Our commitment to keeping our clients and their communities healthy includes ensuring everyone has access to health and wellness resources, including vaccines,” said Marie Baxter, CEO of Catholic Charites of Northern Nevada.
The clinics will be held at these locations, dates and times:
- Moana Neighborhood Center – Saturday, July 6 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Moana Neighborhood Center located at 480 E. Moana Lane.
- North Valleys Neighborhood Center – Monday, July 8 from 1 to 4 pm at the North Valleys Neighborhood Center located at 440 E. Golden Valley Road.
- Sun Valley Neighborhood Center – Friday, July 12 from 1 to 4 pm at the Sun Valley Neighborhood Center located at 130 West Gepford Parkway.
- Fernley Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows – Saturday, July 20 from 9 am to 12 pm at the Fernley Boys & Girls Club located at 396 US Highway 95a South, Suite 401.
Qualifying criteria include children ages 5-19 who are eligible for the VFC program if they are uninsured, Medicaid-eligible or Medicaid-enrolled, American Indian or Alaska Native, or underinsured. Parents must be present and, if possible, provide shot record information.
Out-of-state residents must show proof of vaccination to qualify.
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Southern Nevada Health District launching site with free mental health resources
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Southern Nevada Health District is rolling out a new website with free mental health and well-being resources.
It’s part of a partnership with CredibleMind, an online digital mental health platform.
According to a press release, you can visit ClarkCountyThrive.crediblemind.com and find “credible, evidence-based mental health and wellness information along with tools and resources designed to build individual and community resilience.”
Health district employees said you can find over a dozen scientifically-reviewed assessments to learn about topics like anxiety, depression, burnout, substance use, and identify well-being support services.
Resources are available in English and Spanish.
There are also thousands of vetted apps, podcasts, articles and videos across a range of topics as well as tool to help users focus on building skills to improve their mental and emotional well-being at work, home and in the community.
Users must be at least 13 years or older to create an account. Users who are 18 and older who create an account and. take the Mental Health Check-in assessment will be entered to win a $100 gift card from CredibleMind.
Account activation is not required to access the site and its resources. All information provided is confidential, according to the health district.
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