Nevada provisional ballot bill causes confusion

[NVMojo]

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Provisional ballots caused confusion in Nevada in the last elections - and a bill to clear up the process, debated by lawmakers Thursday, created some confusion of its own.

SB230, sponsored by Sen. Steven Horsford, D-North Las Vegas, and Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani, D-Las Vegas, would require provisional ballots to be counted even if not cast in the correct polling place - so long as the ballot included the correct races based on the voter's address.

Horsford told the Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee that last fall some voters in one southern Nevada neighborhood were intentionally misinformed for political reasons of where they was supposed to cast ballots.

"If they didn't show up at the right place, then they were disenfranchised with their ability to vote and that's why this language is important," he said. The bill also would establish guidelines for ensuring all provisional ballots are counted and the process can be observed and challenged with a demand for a recount.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/apr/07/040710365.html

[Wilms]

1. The Counting of Absentee and Provisional Ballots deserves our attention

[John Q. Citizen]

2. Hey NVMojo, sounds like you have been lighting a fire under

some of your Reps down there in Nevada.


Did Clark Co. ever get their printers?

[NVMojo]

4. Good question, I don't think so!

[LatePeriduct]

3. the plot thickens. kick.

[LatePeriduct]

5. kick

[berniew1]

6. Exit poll showed Kerry won Nevada. Why didn't they do a recount?

Election was close and there was a lot of documentation on problems
Why was there no recount? I heard it was because they use voting technology that can't be recounted? Is that the case?
If it can be recounted, citizens could do a few select recounts themselves since the vote data is public.

Nevada Election problems
http://www.flcv.com/nevada.html

[LatePeriduct]

7. Great question.

kick