The Nevada Supreme court rejected an emergency writ from two advocacy groups demanding Nye County's hand-counting of ballots be discontinued.
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ordered it shut down a day later, siding with the American Civil Liberties Union’s objections to volunteers reading election results aloud. Nye County resumed a revised version of its hand-counting last week after Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske ordered the county to halt its counting until after polls closed.
In their lawsuit filed Monday, the ACLU of Nevada and Brennan Center for Justice argued the interim county clerk there is"inventing" an unauthorized hand-counting practice that was not legally vetted. The petition also argues that the county’s plan does not meet the statutory requirement for a recount, audit or contest of an election.
The organizations also raised"a number of fact issues" regarding the hand-count process and location change, that would need to be decided in a district court.The court noted that the organizations did not put Nevada'sas a defendant, despite the organizations claiming the office did not follow its own regulations when approving the hand-count.
RURAL NEVADA COUNTY OFFICIALS WILL NOT HAND-COUNT EARLY MAIL-IN VOTES UNTIL POLLS CLOSE ON ELECTION DAY
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