Nevada: ACLU files another lawsuit to halt Nye County’s ballot hand counting | Jessica Hill/Las Vegas Review-Journal
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada announced Monday morning that it has filed another lawsuit with the Supreme Court of Nevada trying to stop Nye County from conducting a hand count of ballots. The ACLU of Nevada and its colleagues at the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law argue that Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf does not have the legal authority to move forward with the hand counting. They argue that hand counting violates state law and the state constitution, which guarantees voters’ right to have “election contests resolved fairly, accurately and efficiently.” “The Nye County Clerk’s insistence on doing a hand-count of all ballots that have already been counted by machine tabulators defies best practices in the election security field,” Sadmira Ramic, voting rights attorney for the ACLU of Nevada, said in a statement. “It’s a haphazard and disorganized approach to one of the greatest responsibilities of election administration, counting every eligible vote,” she said.
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